be inescapably caught in; be unable to extricate oneself;inextricable; inextricably bogged down in
❍ 谁在这一点上失足而～，谁就会在革命中毁灭。Those who have yielded on this point and have been unable to extricate themselves are lost to the revolution.
不能自拔bù nénɡ zì bá
自己无法摆脱。be too deeply involved to withdraw, be so deeply involved that one can’t get away, unable to extricate oneself