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

• Now, experienced hands know it is a quagmire of corporate governance and duties – even in smaller businesses.
  如今，有经验的人知道，这是一个公司治理和责任的泥潭，甚至在较小的企业也是如此。
• On their way was a quagmire which was difficult to get over.
  路上他俩遇到了个泥坑，很难过得去。
• Heavy soils which turn into a quagmire when trodden.
  践踏后变成烂泥的黏重土壤。
• We wish him all the best in bringing America out of the present financial quagmire as soon as possible, and [ to] re-energize the world's largest economy with his brand new ideas and vision.
  我们希望他能够带领美国人民尽快走出时下金融危机的泥沼，用他全新的思想和眼界振兴这个世界最大的经济体。
• 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。
• 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。
• The wrong direction out of this quagmire would be for regulators to tell agencies how to rate a credit ( and then to use these ratings to regulate banks in a dangerous circularity).
  走出这个困境的错误方向，是让监管机构告诉评级机构如何对信用进行评级（然后通过危险的循环方式用这些评级去监管银行）。
• This could culminate in defensive US military action against Iran that plunges a lonely America into a deepening quagmire eventually encompassing Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  这一切可能会在美国对伊朗的防御性军事行动中达到高潮，使单打独斗的美国陷入一个越来越深的沼泽，最终被伊拉克、伊朗、阿富汗和巴基斯坦所包围。
• The important thing is to slog diligently through this quagmire of discouragement and despair.
  最重要的是通过这种沮丧和绝望的泥潭中艰难的努力。
• Rain had turned the grass into a quagmire.
  大雨使草地变得一片泥泞。