quagmires是什么意思？

quagmires

• n. 沼泽地，泥潭( quagmire的名词复数 )；

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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  (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。
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  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。