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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

        • 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。
        • Afghanistan: Escaping the Quagmire
          阿富汗:逃离泥潭
        • Some economists are concerned that Russia is now stuck in the quagmire of stagflation, or high inflation and low growth.
          一些经济学家担心,俄罗斯可能陷入了滞胀的泥潭,高通胀与低增长并存。
        • 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。
        • Quagmire ( 2004) Would Iraq War end up like Vietnam, another "quagmire"?
          泥潭(2004)伊拉克战争是否也会陷入越南战争那样的泥潭之中呢?
        • Judging by the 1930s, the deficit countries may emerge more quickly from the quagmire.
          根据上世纪30年代的情况判断,赤字国家或许能更快从困境中复苏。
        • Today, the spread of the global financial crisis has been even more fatal blow to the British economy once glorious British Empire is no longer out of the recession, quagmire.
          如今蔓延全球的金融危机更令英国经济遭致命打击,一度辉煌的大英帝国已无法走出衰退泥沼。
        • 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。
        • Rain had turned the grass into a quagmire.
          大雨使草地变得一片泥泞。
        • 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。