entanglement
US
UK entanglement n: (state of being tangled up)
SC 缠住 chán zhù
The fly struggled to escape its entanglement in the spiderweb.
entanglement n: figurative (involvement)
SC 瓜葛 guā gé
SC 牵连 guā gé，qiān lián
TC 牽連
TC 牽連
The judge would not overlook Sasha's entanglement in drug dealing.
entanglement n: figurative (complicated situation)
SC 纠缠不清的情况 jiū chán bù qīng de qíng kuàng
SC 纠葛 jiū chán bù qīng de qíng kuàng，jiū gé
The money-laundering entanglement was so complicated that detectives had a hard time understanding who the real culprit was.
entanglement n: (quantum physics: linked particles)
SC 缠结 chán jié
Some companies are researching how to use entanglement in computing.