morass

英 [məˈræs]

美 [məˈræs]

n.  困境; 陷阱; 沼泽

复数：morasses　

GRE

BNC.21135 / COCA.19432

牛津词典

noun

• 困境；陷阱
  an unpleasant and complicated situation that is difficult to escape from
• 沼泽
  a dangerous area of low soft wet land

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 复杂混乱的情况;乱糟糟的一堆;困境
  If you describe an unpleasant or confused situation as amorass, you mean that it seems impossible to escape from or resolve, because it has become so serious or so complicated.
  1. I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.
     我试图从绝望的困境中走出来。
  2. ...the economic morass.
     经济混乱

英英释义

noun

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

双语例句

• He became expert at feeling for it in the morass with his feet.
  他成了专家，能用脚在沼泽里探路。
• This leaves the young son and his uncle, Chang Sung-taek, which is not exactly the dream team to lead the north out of its morass.
  这就剩下了金正恩和他的姑父张成泽（changsung-taek），这可不像是带领国家收拾烂摊子的理想团队。
• I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.
  我试图从绝望的困境中走出来。
• Corporate tax is an ethical morass.
  法人税是个复杂繁乱的职业道德问题。
• A computer-based system of scholarly communication offers the hope of an escape from the insoluble morass of economic, space, and access problems of the last few years.
  在过去几年以电脑为基础的系统学术交流提供了摆脱困境不能解决的经济，空间，存取问题。
• EXAMPLE: Initially, having to face the morass of customs regulations involved with international shipments can discourage inexperienced exporters.
  一开始，没有经验的出口商在应对与国际运输和有关的关税规定时可能会感到泄气。
• Organized abandonment gives them a way out of the morass.
  有组织的放弃给他们指明了离开这片沼泽的出路。
• Whoever questions our ability to lead the revolutionary war will fall into the morass of opportunism.
  谁怀疑我们领导革命战争的能力，谁就会陷进机会主义的泥坑里去。
• Lothar destroys three outposts in the Black Morass.
  洛萨在黑色沼泽摧毁了三个岗哨。
• Better yet, the lighttpd configuration file isn't the morass that Apache's is.
  更好的是，lighttpd配置文件比Apache的配置文件简单得多。