プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
とらわれる【捕らわれる】
&fRoman1;〔捕まえられる〕be captured ((by an enemy))
&fRoman2;〔物事のとりこになる〕
恐怖に捕らわれて人々は逃げた
Seized with panic, the people fled.
感情に捕らわれて物事を判断すべきではない
Don't let sentiment interfere with judgment.
外観に捕らわれて物事[人]を判断すべきでない
You should not judge things [people] by their looks [appearance].
目先のことに捕らわれるな
Don't let the 「desire for [thought of] a quick profit get the better of you.
因襲[先入観]に捕らわれる
be 「tied to [bound by] tradition [preconceptions]
過去に捕らわれるのは無意味だ
There is no point in being a slave [prisoner] to the past.
真の礼儀は形式に捕らわれるべきでない
Real etiquette should be free from formalities.