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entrap

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++en·trap /ɪnˈtræp/ verb (entrapped, entrapping) [transitive] formal  TRICK/DECEIVEto trap someone or something, or make it impossible for them to escape from a situation, especially by tricking them 使陷入圈套[困境];诱捕 He felt that she was trying to entrap him. 他觉得她在设法让他上当。→ See Verb table
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entrapHis lawyer says he was entrapped by overzealous prosecutors who wrongly characterized campaign contributions as bribes.We seem entrapped by this language, this view of students and learning.Had she gold, poor woman, so to entrap for herself that monstrous lump of selfishness?Once we are entrapped in a dilemma then action of one sort or another is predetermined.Clark said that he was entrapped into committing illegal acts.Which brings us back once more to the web of words they have spun to entrap us.I ask only a simple question, which does not entrap you in any way.
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entrap
entrap /ɪnˈtræp/ verb (past tense and past participle entrapped, present participle entrapping) [transitive] formal
to trap someone or something, or make it impossible for them to escape from a situation, especially by tricking them:
    He felt that she was trying to entrap him.


en·trapBrE /ɪnˈtræp/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈtræp/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they entrap BrE /ɪnˈtræp/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈtræp/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it entraps BrE /ɪnˈtræps/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈtræps/ 🔊past simple entrapped BrE /ɪnˈtræpt/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈtræpt/ 🔊past participle entrapped BrE /ɪnˈtræpt/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈtræpt/ 🔊 -ing form entrapping BrE /ɪnˈtræpɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈtræpɪŋ/ 🔊 [often passive] (formal) ~ sb/sth to put or catch sb/sth in a place or situation from which they cannot escape 使入陷阱(或圈套、困境等) SYN trap ~ sb (into doing sth) to trick sb, and encourage them to do sth, especially to commit a crime, so that they can be arrested for it 诱捕;诱骗