It appeared in English about the same time as pest, just a little earlier, and at first meant to entangle or to set up a barrier to progress.

它和pest大约在同一时间出现在英语当中，还要稍微更早一些，一开始的意思是“缠绕”或者“设置障碍阻挠进程”。

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The idea is not to entangle the readers mind in obtuse inquiry, but to enable him to shed the weight of the self, sharpen the mind and lead him to the light of "non I".

我们的意图是不要让读者卷入迂腐的探究，而是要让他能够卸下自我的重负，让心变得敏锐，把他引向“非我”的光明。

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This time i dare not to entangle you again.

这件事情我可不敢再连累你了。

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The Japanese say the powerboat repeatedly came very close to the factory ship, the Nisshin Maru, while activists tried to entangle its rudder and propeller with a rope.

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

Another tabloid, Moskovsky Komsomolets, likened Mr Berezovsky to a "giant spider who managed to entangle so many top officials in his web".

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Non-toxic, slippery chemicals, designed to prevent the wheels of a vehicle from gaining traction, are also in development, as are spiked nets which can be laid flat on roads to entangle wheels.

ECONOMIST: Monitor

And after much talk of "wormholes" and "parallel universes, " came a conclusion: "We are still very far away from being able to entangle and teleport human beings and bulk inanimate objects, " reads page 46 of the report (PDF file).

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