这三个词都表示“抓住”。它们的区别是:
catch为一般用语,多指有力地、出其不意地,或机智地抓住正在飞奔或躲藏的人或物; trap和ensnare是指用机关或器具捉住, trap指用陷阱或圈套去捕捉; ensnare多指使用计谋而不是具体的陷阱。例如:
He ensnared the old lady into giving him all her savings.
他诱骗那位老妇人把全部积蓄都给了 他。
He lives by trapping animals and selling their fur.
他以捕捉野兽和出售兽皮为生。
这些动词均有“抓住,捕捉”之意。
arrest指根据法律或命令进行逮捕并予以监禁或拘留。
capture指通过武力或计谋等,战胜抵抗而捉住敌人或动物。
catch普通用词,指捉住跑动或隐藏中的人或动物,一般指活捉。
seize侧重指以突然、有力地动作迅速抓住或捉住。
trap多指诱捕。
词源词根法
来自古英语traeppe,陷阱,罗网,来自Proto-Germanic*trep,踩踏,来自PIE*der,走,跑,步行,词源同trip,tramp,tread.词义通俗化为圈套。
单词解说
1、trap作“诱捕”解时,指用陷阱、罗网、圈套等捕捉动物或人。还可表示“使陷于困境中”“使陷入圈套”。
2、trap是及物动词,接名词、代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。
He was trying to decide whether the question was some sort of a trap.
他试图判断那个问题是不是个套。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》They turned the barricade into a potential death trap by connecting it up to the mains.
他们给路障接上电源,让它变成了一个潜在的死亡陷阱。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The Prime Minister, however, is now caught in a trap of her own making.
但是,首相现在却落入了她自己设下的圈套之中。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The two cars cartwheeled horrifyingly into the sand trap at the first corner.
那两辆车在第一个拐弯处翻着跟头滚入了沙坑,场面十分骇人。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The police knew that to trap the killer they had to play him at his own game.
警方知道要捉到凶手必须将计就计。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》There is no greater thrill than to bluff a man, trap him and outfox him.
虚张声势吓唬别人,让他钻入圈套,用计将他击败,没有比这更刺激的事情了。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》We realized too late that we were caught like rats in a trap.
等我们发觉自己已成瓮中之鳖时已经太晚了。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Nancy knew she'd be a sitting duck when she raised the trap door.
南希明白,只要一打开天窗,她马上就会成为受攻击的目标。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Everyone is working flat out to try to trap those responsible.
每个人都在全力以赴,设法捉住那些罪魁祸首。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》One should learn from past mistakes so as to avoid falling into the same old trap again.
要从过去的错误中吸取教训,以免重蹈覆辙.
来源:《现代汉英综合大词典》Journalists informed police who planted an undercover detective to trap Smith.
记者通知了警方,后者于是为诱捕史密斯而安插了一名卧底侦探。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The cars blocking the exits could turn this place into a death trap.
那些堵住出口的汽车可能使这地方成为死亡陷阱。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》How many rabbits have you trapped in your special trap this week?
这个星期你用特制的捕兽器具捕捉了多少只兔子?
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