🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

陷入

Pronunciation / Transliteration: xiàn rù

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ensnared/ɪnˈsnɛərd/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他陷入了一个复杂的阴谋之中。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To catch in a snare or trap, either literally or figuratively.

    "The small animal was quickly ensnared by the hidden net."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Caught or entangled in something harmful or difficult to escape from.

    "She felt ensnared by the endless web of bureaucratic regulations."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb 'ensnare', combining the prefix 'en-' (meaning 'in' or 'to put into') with the noun 'snare', which traces back to Old Norse 'snara' meaning a noose or cord. The term evolved through Middle English to denote being caught in a trap or complex situation.

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