be in a tangle

基本解释

Now he has been drawn into a tangle of quarrels between America’s best friends in the eastern Mediterranean, from which there may be no exit.
现在，地中海东部的几个盟友闹得不可开交，他也身陷其中，一时竟无法抽身。
Now he has been drawn into a tangle of quarrels between America's best friends in the eastern Mediterranean, from which there may be no exit.
现在他被引入一系列和美国最好的东地中海朋友的争吵中，可能没有人会从这场角逐中退出。
The resulting black-aluminum modules are assembled using the logic of language and form a web-like tangle that can be reassembled in an infinite number of ways.
里奇的构想所产生的各种黑色铝制模块是运用语言逻辑和缠结网络形式组装起来的，这些模块可以以无限的方式重新组合。

He has such a fine eye, and his travelling shots of horses and riders are a hint of what tremendous cowboy flicks he might have made, in a straighter age, but his films continue to be snared in a tangle of morality and style.
NEWYORKER: Love Hurts