单词 | quagmire |
释义 | 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。 |
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