en·snare
verb/ɪnˈsneə(r)/
/ɪnˈsner/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ensnare | /ɪnˈsneə(r)/ /ɪnˈsner/ |
| he / she / it ensnares | /ɪnˈsneəz/ /ɪnˈsnerz/ |
| past simple ensnared | /ɪnˈsneəd/ /ɪnˈsnerd/ |
| past participle ensnared | /ɪnˈsneəd/ /ɪnˈsnerd/ |
| -ing form ensnaring | /ɪnˈsneərɪŋ/ /ɪnˈsnerɪŋ/ |
- ensnare somebody/something to make somebody/something unable to escape from a difficult situation or from a person who wants to control them
使入陷阱（或圈套、困境） - young homeless people who become ensnared in a life of crime
陷入犯罪活动的无家可归的年轻人 - She refused to let him ensnare her with his charm.
她拒绝让他用他的魅力迷惑她。 - He became ensnared in the complexities of the legal system.
他陷入了法律体系的复杂性之中。
Word Originlate 16th cent. (formerly also as insnare): from en-, in- ‘in’ + the noun snare. - young homeless people who become ensnared in a life of crime