extricate
/ˈekstrɪkeɪt/verb
with obj.
- free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty使摆脱束缚（或困境）; 解救：
he was trying to extricate himself from official duties.
他那时正尽力摆脱公务。
派生词
extricable
adjectiveextrication
noun词源
early 17th cent. （in the sense 'unravel, untangle'）： from Latin extricat- 'unravelled', from the verb extricare, from ex- 'out' + tricae 'perplexities'.