morass

英 [məˈræs]

美 [məˈræs]

n.  困境; 陷阱; 沼泽

复数：morasses　

GRE

BNC.21135 / COCA.19432

牛津词典

noun

• 困境；陷阱
  an unpleasant and complicated situation that is difficult to escape from
• 沼泽
  a dangerous area of low soft wet land

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 复杂混乱的情况;乱糟糟的一堆;困境
  If you describe an unpleasant or confused situation as amorass, you mean that it seems impossible to escape from or resolve, because it has become so serious or so complicated.
  1. I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.
     我试图从绝望的困境中走出来。
  2. ...the economic morass.
     经济混乱

英英释义

noun

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

双语例句

• Too many people get distracted first thing in the morning with unimportant activities such as diving right into their morass of e-mail, when there may be a whole host of more important issues that need dealing with.
  很多人一大早就会被并不重要的事情而分心，比如查看大量的电子邮件。而此时，可能有一大堆更重要的事情需要处理。
• Better yet, the lighttpd configuration file isn't the morass that Apache's is.
  更好的是，lighttpd配置文件比Apache的配置文件简单得多。
• The country is caught in a morass of debt.
  这个国家陷入债务的泥沼之中。
• He became expert at feeling for it in the morass with his feet.
  他成了专家，能用脚在沼泽里探路。
• EXAMPLE: Initially, having to face the morass of customs regulations involved with international shipments can discourage inexperienced exporters.
  一开始，没有经验的出口商在应对与国际运输和有关的关税规定时可能会感到泄气。
• Whoever questions our ability to lead the revolutionary war will fall into the morass of opportunism.
  谁怀疑我们领导革命战争的能力，谁就会陷进机会主义的泥坑里去。
• Mona Monroe mourned the moral morass of the monster.
  门罗夫人为这个陷入道德困境的怪物而哀伤。
• Some speeches were good on the whole, but had parts that were not quite right. Mathematical knowledge was certain and offered a secure foothold in a morass.
  有的全文讲得还好，但是有某些部分不妥当。数学知识是确定无疑的，它给人们在沼泽地上提供了一个稳妥的立足点。
• On the Morass in Public Policy Evaluation and Innovating System
  试论我国公共政策评估存在的困境及制度创新
• A computer-based system of scholarly communication offers the hope of an escape from the insoluble morass of economic, space, and access problems of the last few years.
  在过去几年以电脑为基础的系统学术交流提供了摆脱困境不能解决的经济，空间，存取问题。