quagmire是什么意思？

quagmire

英[ˈkwægmaɪə(r)] 美[ˈkwæɡˌmaɪr]

• n. 沼泽地，泥潭，无法脱身的困境；

复数：quagmires;

例句

• He who tries to conceal his fault for fear of criticism will sink deeper and deeper in the quagmire of errors. 讳疾忌医的人,错误越陷越深.
• My wellingtons got stuck in a quagmire. 我的威灵顿长靴陷在泥坑里.
• 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。
• Rain had turned the grass into a quagmire. 大雨使草地变得一片泥泞。
• 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... 他的人民在混乱不安的泥潭里越陷越深。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  (难以避免或摆脱的)复杂局势，困境
  A quagmire is a difficult, complicated, or unpleasant situation which is not easy to avoid or escape from.
  例句
  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。
• N-COUNT
  沼泽地;泥泞地;泥潭
  A quagmire is a soft, wet area of land which your feet sink into if you try to walk across it.
  例句
  Rain had turned the grass into a quagmire. 大雨使草地变得一片泥泞。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  沼泽地,泥潭
  My wellingtons got stuck in a quagmire. 我的威灵顿长靴陷在泥坑里。 He who tries to conceal his fault for fear of criticism will sink deeper and deeper in the quagmire of errors. 讳疾忌医的人,错误越陷越深。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot