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
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

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

双语例句

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。
Since the "9.11", after George W.Bush launched two consecutive so-called" war on terror", the United States into a quagmire of war.
自从“9.11”之后，小布什连续发动了两场所谓的“反恐战争”，把美国拖入到战争的泥潭。
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。
By much trampling, we had made it a mere quagmire.
由于践踏得多了，我们把盐泽的边沿弄成一个泥沼了。
That is why we should not have fallen into the quagmire in the first place.
所以我们首先就不能陷入泥潭。
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。
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。
In short it is the opposite of a quagmire.
总之与泥潭之说恰恰相反。
Then the League failed to challenge the fascist assault on Spain, while now the UN takes a step further into the moral quagmire by backing the NATO proxy regime.
在那时，国际联盟没有对法西斯袭击西班牙做出反抗，而现在，联合国由于支持北约的代理制度打击利比亚而陷入更深的道德泥潭。
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。