quagmire
英 [ˈkwæɡmaɪə(r)]
美 [ˈkwæɡmaɪər]
n. 泥淖; 湿地; 泥沼; 困境; 险境
复数：quagmires
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.- 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。 - We have no intention of being drawn into a political quagmire.
我们无意卷入一场政治困境。
- His people had fallen further and further into a quagmire of confusion...
- 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.- Rain had turned the grass into a quagmire.
大雨使草地变得一片泥泞。
- Rain had turned the grass into a quagmire.
英英释义
noun
双语例句
- Arriving in China in early March, Stilwell found himself in a military and political quagmire.
在三月抵达中国以后，是地位很快发现他处在一个军事和政治的困局之中。 - Over the months those analysts have reminded us of their views, calling Libya a quagmire.
过去几个月来，这些分析人士让我们想起了他们的观点：他们将利比亚称为一个泥潭。 - We have no intention of being drawn into a political quagmire.
我们无意卷入一场政治困境。 - 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。 - 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。 - Being bogged down in stagnancy or recessions, societies are hoping for more productive and more responsive workforces to haul them out of the quagmire.
深陷停滞或者衰退中，社会需要更有生产率和更适应社会需求的劳动力将它拉出泥潭。 - 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。 - And deciding whether to turn down requests for facebook "friends" is a social quagmire in itself.
而决定是否拒绝facebook上的“好友”请求，本身就是一个社交困境。 - Afghanistan: Escaping the Quagmire
阿富汗：逃离泥潭 - In short it is the opposite of a quagmire.
总之与泥潭之说恰恰相反。