entanglement

1. N-COUNT An entanglement is a complicated or difficult relationship or situation. 糾葛

...a military and political entanglement the president probably doesn't want. …一個縂統很可能不想要的軍事政治糾葛。

2. N-VAR If things become entangled, you can refer to this as entanglement. 纏繞

Many dolphins are accidentally killed through entanglement with fishing equipment. 很多海豚因捕魚設備的纏繞而意外死亡。