| 单词 | entrap |
| 释义 | entrap (once / 2887 pages) v If you entrap someone, you entangle or snare them, as if you'd caught them in a trap. Your family might enstrap you in their elaborate summer plans, despite your wish to take a vacation all by yourself. The expectations of other people — or your own high standards — can entrap you into the feeling you should always do well in school or pursue material success. Another way one person might entrap another is more deliberate, by setting a trap or playing a trick. A police officer might entrap a suspect, persuading him to commit a crime in order to make an arrest. The Old French root is entraper, "catch in a trap." WORD FAMILYentrap: entrapment, entrapped, entrapping, entraps+/entrapment: entrapments/trap: entrap, trapped, trapper, trapping, traps/trapper: trappers/trapping: trappings USAGE EXAMPLESHis lawyers argued unsuccessfully at trial that he was entrapped by the government. The Guardian(Dec 19, 2016) His late brother, Alabama state senator Michael Figures, said at the time: “The government set out to entrap my brother.” The Guardian(Nov 22, 2016) The defiance of those who protest and the fear of those entrapped. Seattle Times(Nov 17, 2016) 1v take or catch as if in a snare or trap Syn|Hyper ensnare, frame, set up cozen, deceive, delude, lead on be false to; be dishonest with 2v catch in or as if in a trap Syn|Hypo|Hyper ensnare, snare, trammel, trap gin trap with a snare capture, catch capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping |
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