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quagmire
UK ['kwɒg.maɪər] US ['kwæg.maɪr] noun countable
■an area of soft wet ground which you sink into if you try and walk on it 沼泽地，泥潭•At the end of the match, the pitch was a real quagmire.在比赛的最后阶段，场地是一片泥泞。 ■a difficult and dangerous situation 困境，危险的境地•Since the coup, the country has sunk deeper into a quagmire of violence and lawlessness.自政变以来，该国陷入了暴力肆虐、无法无天的境地，而且情况越来越严重。 |