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quagmire

英 [ˈkwæɡmaɪə(r)]

美 [ˈkwæɡmaɪər]

n.  泥淖; 湿地; 泥沼; 困境; 险境

复数:quagmires 

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.22373 / COCA.16401

牛津词典

    noun

    • 泥淖;湿地;泥沼
      an area of soft wet ground
      1. 困境;险境
        a difficult or dangerous situation

        柯林斯词典

        • N-COUNT (难以避免或摆脱的)复杂局势,困境
          Aquagmireis a difficult, complicated, or unpleasant situation which is not easy to avoid or escape from.
          1. His people had fallen further and further into a quagmire of confusion...
            他的人民在混乱不安的泥潭里越陷越深。
          2. We have no intention of being drawn into a political quagmire.
            我们无意卷入一场政治困境。
        • N-COUNT 沼泽地;泥泞地;泥潭
          Aquagmireis a soft, wet area of land which your feet sink into if you try to walk across it.
          1. Rain had turned the grass into a quagmire.
            大雨使草地变得一片泥泞。

        英英释义

        noun

        双语例句

        • Your ideal scene serves as a map that can guide you through the quagmire of options.
          你理想的场景就像是地图一样让你走出困住你的现实的沼泽地。
        • However, he could find himself stuck in the political quagmire.
          然而,他可能会发现自己受困于政治泥潭、难以作为。
        • The important thing is to slog diligently through this quagmire of discouragement and despair.
          最重要的是通过这种沮丧和绝望的泥潭中艰难的努力。
        • Jean Valjean mounted this inclined plane and reached the other side of the quagmire.
          冉阿让走上这平坦的斜坡,就走到了泥沼的另一边。
        • Today, you are prisoners of your own quagmire.
          今天,你们陷在你们自己的困境中。
        • On their way was a quagmire which was difficult to get over.
          路上他俩遇到了个泥坑,很难过得去。
        • Afghanistan: Escaping the Quagmire
          阿富汗:逃离泥潭
        • Heavy soils which turn into a quagmire when trodden.
          践踏后变成烂泥的黏重土壤。
        • This could culminate in defensive US military action against Iran that plunges a lonely America into a deepening quagmire eventually encompassing Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
          这一切可能会在美国对伊朗的防御性军事行动中达到高潮,使单打独斗的美国陷入一个越来越深的沼泽,最终被伊拉克、伊朗、阿富汗和巴基斯坦所包围。
        • We wish him all the best in bringing America out of the present financial quagmire as soon as possible, and [ to] re-energize the world's largest economy with his brand new ideas and vision.
          我们希望他能够带领美国人民尽快走出时下金融危机的泥沼,用他全新的思想和眼界振兴这个世界最大的经济体。