quagmire
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['kwægmaɪə; 'kwɒg-]
- 美式音标 ['kwæɡmaiə, 'kwɔ-]
- 国际音标 ['kwæɡmaiə, 'kwɔ-]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 沼泽，泥泞地；困境，尴尬的处境
词根记忆
- quag(沼泽) + mire(泥潭)→quagmire(沼泽地)
- quag(沼泽) + mire(泥潭)→沼泽
英汉例句
- 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。 - My wellingtons got stuck in a quagmire.
我的威灵顿长靴陷在泥坑里. - He who tries to conceal his fault for fear of criticism will sink deeper and deeper in the quagmire of errors.
讳疾忌医的人,错误越陷越深. - 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。 - We have no intention of being drawn into a political quagmire.
我们无意卷入一场政治困境。
词组短语
- its quagmire 生死泥
- Quagmire Lamprey 湿沼八目鳗
- Quagmire Druid 湿沼德鲁依特
- a quagmire 美国的陷阱
- quagmire e 沼泽;困境
短语
英英字典
- an area of soft, wet ground that you sink into if you try to walk on it
- A quagmire is a difficult, complicated, or unpleasant situation which is not easy to avoid or escape from.
- A quagmire is a soft, wet area of land which your feet sink into if you try to walk across it.
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专业释义
- 泥潭
- 沼泽
- 沼泽
- 湿沼泽地
- 泥潭