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

• Your ideal scene serves as a map that can guide you through the quagmire of options.
  你理想的场景就像是地图一样让你走出困住你的现实的沼泽地。
• 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。
• Heavy soils which turn into a quagmire when trodden.
  践踏后变成烂泥的黏重土壤。
• In short it is the opposite of a quagmire.
  总之与泥潭之说恰恰相反。
• 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？
• 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）。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Afghanistan: Escaping the Quagmire
  阿富汗：逃离泥潭