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

• And deciding whether to turn down requests for facebook "friends" is a social quagmire in itself.
  而决定是否拒绝facebook上的“好友”请求，本身就是一个社交困境。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Arriving in China in early March, Stilwell found himself in a military and political quagmire.
  在三月抵达中国以后，是地位很快发现他处在一个军事和政治的困局之中。
• 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？
• 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。
• In short it is the opposite of a quagmire.
  总之与泥潭之说恰恰相反。