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
• 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

• a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
  Synonym:mirequagmorassslack

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