extricate

/ˈekstrɪkeɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈekstrɪkeɪt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈek-strə-ˌkāt/ (ame, mw)

extricate — verb

  • extricatepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • extricateshe / she / it
  • extricatedpast simple
  • extricating-ing form

1. to get a person, animal, or object loose when it is caught, trapped, or held tig

1.動詞及物C1
釋義

to get a person, animal, or object loose when it is caught, trapped, or held tight, or to pull yourself or someone else out of a tough situation that is hard to leave — like a foot stuck in mud, or a friendship that has turned bad.

例句

Firefighters worked for two hours to extricate Sade from the wrecked car.

extricate + object + from + location after an accident

Talia tried to extricate herself from the boring conversation by checking her phone.

reflexive: extricate oneself from a social situation

同義詞
  • free

    much more common and neutral; everyday equivalent

  • disentangle

    stresses unwinding from something twisted or complicated

  • release

    broader; often used when someone in authority lets a person go

  • rescue

    implies urgent danger and a heroic helper

反義詞
  • trap

    to put someone into the stuck situation in the first place

  • entangle

    the opposite action — to get someone caught up in something

文法句型

extricate someone/something from something

extricate oneself from something

用法筆記

Subject is usually a rescuer or the trapped party itself (reflexive). Object is typically something physically stuck (a person, limb, object) OR an entanglement that is hard to leave (debt, lawsuit, relationship, deal). Pairs almost always with 'from'.

常見錯誤

❌I want to extricate this problem.
✅I want to extricate myself from this problem.
💡you extricate a person/thing FROM something, not the problem itself.