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。
• 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。
• Afghanistan: Escaping the Quagmire
  阿富汗：逃离泥潭
• 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。
• In short it is the opposite of a quagmire.
  总之与泥潭之说恰恰相反。
• Today, you are prisoners of your own quagmire.
  今天，你们陷在你们自己的困境中。
• 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。
• We have no intention of being drawn into a political quagmire.
  我们无意卷入一场政治困境。
• 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？
• 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。