embrangleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

em- +‎ brangle

動詞

embrangle (三人称単数 現在形 embrangles, 現在分詞 embrangling, 過去形および過去分詞形 embrangled)

1. (transitive) To embroil.
   • 2003, Robert S. Leiken, Why Nicaragua Vanished: A Story of Reporters and Revolutionaries

     When it came to governments as hostile to Washington as the Sandinista, such an observation embrangles Sigal's larger claim about "official dominance of national and foreign news."

   • 1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days

     Then there was poor Jacob Dodson, the half-witted boy, who ambled about cheerfully, undertaking messages and little helpful odds and ends for every one, which, however, poor Jacob managed always hopelessly to embrangle.

派生語

• embranglement