| 单词 | mired |
| 释义 | mired (once / 6832 pages) adj When you're mired in something, you're stuck or entangled in it. You can't get out. Sometimes, being mired means to be literally trapped in the mire, which is like a swamp or muck. But usually when people are mired, it's in something less icky but equally hard to get out of. You could be mired in six hours of homework. Congress could be mired in discussions that are going nowhere. A bad relationship could be mired in arguments. When you're mired, it feels like you're sinking in quicksand. WORD FAMILYmire: mired, mires, miring, miry+/miry: mirily USAGE EXAMPLESHe saw his fellow-citizens as being naturally bathetic—striving for spiritual grandeur while ultimately mired in everyday, material concerns. The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016) The same reasoning might apply to the Afghan government, which is mired in political crisis and a long-running war. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) The Sounders were mired in ninth place in the Western Conference at 6-12-2. Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2016) adj entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion Syn involved encumbered loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load |
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