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

• 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。
• Today, you are prisoners of your own quagmire.
  今天，你们陷在你们自己的困境中。
• 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。
• Rain had turned the grass into a quagmire.
  大雨使草地变得一片泥泞。
• 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。
• 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。
• Afghanistan: Escaping the Quagmire
  阿富汗：逃离泥潭
• Or, more accurately, there is a policy quagmire that is growing more intractable.
  或更准确地说，这是个越来越难以应对的政策泥潭。
• 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。
• Some economists are warning that other Asian nations should stop counting on intervention from Beijing to lift the region out of its economic quagmire.
  一些经济学家警告，其它亚洲国家不应再指望北京的干预措施将带领整个地区走出经济泥潭。