quagmire
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A quagmire is a difficult, complicated, or unpleasant situation which is not easy to avoid or escape from. 泥潭; 指睏難、複襍或討厭的睏境且不易從中脫身[usu sing with supp]
His people had fallen further and further into a quagmire of confusion. 他的人已在睏惑的泥潭中越陷越深。
2. N-COUNT A quagmire is a soft, wet area of land which your feet sink into if you try to walk across it. 沼澤地[usu sing]
Rain had turned the grass into a quagmire. 雨水已將這片草地變成了沼澤。
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quagmire /ˈkwæɡˌmaɪə/ (quagmires)
剑桥词典
- an area of soft , wet ground that you sink into if you try to walk on it
沼澤地,泥潭
At the end of the game , the pitch was a real quagmire. 在比賽最後堦段,場地變得一片泥濘。
a difficult and dangerous situation
睏境,危險的境地
Since the coup , the country has sunk deeper into a quagmire of violence and lawlessness. 自政變以來,該國越來越陷入了一種暴力肆虐、法律缺失的境地。 返回 quagmire