英语词汇“quagmire”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

quagmirequag‧mire /ˈkwæɡmaɪə, ˈkwɒɡ- $ ˈkwæɡmaɪr/ noun [countable usually singular]

WORD ORIGINquagmire

Origin:

1500-1600 quag ‘soft wet ground’ (16-20 centuries) (perhaps from quag ‘to shake’ (17-19 centuries)) + mire

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

For the U.S., the war in Vietnam was a moral and military quagmire.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

But the prospect of hostage-taking opens up a new quagmire.
Constant rain turned some of the walkways into quagmires.
In early April it becomes a quagmire where people challenge their four-wheel-drives in the mud.
Indeed, the inter-connections of this penal trinity of population, capacity and conditions form the heart of the reform quagmire.
It may also distract its members from the present quagmire with legends of a storied past or promises of an ecstatic future.
Still others have found themselves trapped in a horrendous and expensive quagmire of political, emotional, financial and legal issues.
There is little more that we can do about this quagmire.
Torrential rain was quickly turning the building-site into a quagmire.

1an area of soft wet muddy ground:

In the rainy season the roads become a quagmire.2a difficult or complicated situation:

The Balkan situation became a political and military quagmire.

单词	quagmire
释义	quagmirequag‧mire /ˈkwæɡmaɪə, ˈkwɒɡ- $ ˈkwæɡmaɪr/ noun [countable usually singular] Word Origin WORD ORIGINquagmire Origin: 1500-1600 quag ‘soft wet ground’ (16-20 centuries) (perhaps from quag ‘to shake’ (17-19 centuries)) + mire Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES For the U.S., the war in Vietnam was a moral and military quagmire. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But the prospect of hostage-taking opens up a new quagmire. Constant rain turned some of the walkways into quagmires. In early April it becomes a quagmire where people challenge their four-wheel-drives in the mud. Indeed, the inter-connections of this penal trinity of population, capacity and conditions form the heart of the reform quagmire. It may also distract its members from the present quagmire with legends of a storied past or promises of an ecstatic future. Still others have found themselves trapped in a horrendous and expensive quagmire of political, emotional, financial and legal issues. There is little more that we can do about this quagmire. Torrential rain was quickly turning the building-site into a quagmire. 1an area of soft wet muddy ground: In the rainy season the roads become a quagmire.2a difficult or complicated situation: The Balkan situation became a political and military quagmire.
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