单词 | quagmire |
释义 | quagmire (kwægmaɪəʳ ) Word forms: quagmires 1. countable noun A quagmire is a difficult, complicated, or unpleasant situation which is not easy to avoid or escape from. His people had fallen further and further into a quagmire of confusion. [+ of] We have no intention of being drawn into a political quagmire. 2. countable noun [usually singular] A quagmire is a soft, wet area of land which your feet sink into if you try to walk across it. Rain had turned the grass into a quagmire. Synonyms: bog, marsh, swamp, slough Translations: Chinese: 难以脱身的困境 Japanese: 窮地 |
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