entrapment

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of being entrapped. countable,uncountable
    — The entrapment of the victims in the wreckage made rescue difficult.
  2. Action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime, in order to arrest and prosecute that person for the crime. countable,uncountable
    — A detective asking you to buy illegal marijuana for a dying man would be police entrapment.
  3. A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel. countable,uncountable

词形变化

entrapments plural

词汇关系

衍生词
grain entrapment

词源

Etymology tree
English entrap
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English entrapment
From entrap + -ment.
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