morass
英 [məˈræs]
美 [məˈræs]
n. 困境; 陷阱; 沼泽
复数:morasses
BNC.21135 / COCA.19432
牛津词典
noun
- 困境;陷阱
an unpleasant and complicated situation that is difficult to escape from - 沼泽
a dangerous area of low soft wet land
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 复杂混乱的情况;乱糟糟的一堆;困境
If you describe an unpleasant or confused situation as amorass, you mean that it seems impossible to escape from or resolve, because it has become so serious or so complicated.- I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.
我试图从绝望的困境中走出来。 - ...the economic morass.
经济混乱
- I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.
英英释义
noun
双语例句
- This leaves the young son and his uncle, Chang Sung-taek, which is not exactly the dream team to lead the north out of its morass.
这就剩下了金正恩和他的姑父张成泽(changsung-taek),这可不像是带领国家收拾烂摊子的理想团队。 - Organized abandonment gives them a way out of the morass.
有组织的放弃给他们指明了离开这片沼泽的出路。 - Navigating this it morass will not be easy.
在这片it沼泽中前行并非易事。 - Until this happens, we're stuck in a morass of noninteroperable files that break as they're transferred across national, platform, and linguistic boundaries.
除非这样,否则当文件跨越国界、平台和语言传递的时候,我们就会陷入不能互操作的泥潭。 - Whoever questions our ability to lead the revolutionary war will fall into the morass of opportunism.
谁怀疑我们领导革命战争的能力,谁就会陷进机会主义的泥坑里去。 - The country is caught in a morass of debt.
这个国家陷入债务的泥沼之中。 - Lothar destroys three outposts in the Black Morass.
洛萨在黑色沼泽摧毁了三个岗哨。 - In his greasy morass of meanness and selfishness.
他卑鄙自私的泥泞沼泽。 - Lives may not be at risk here, but given how far out on a limb he had gone in denying any problem ( and now knowledge of the problem) his PR morass is pretty hairy.
虽说摩根大通的这起事件可能无关性命,但鉴于戴蒙曾经孤注一掷地否认有任何问题(而现在问题已经暴露了),他的公关工作可真是一团糟。 - Too many people get distracted first thing in the morning with unimportant activities such as diving right into their morass of e-mail, when there may be a whole host of more important issues that need dealing with.
很多人一大早就会被并不重要的事情而分心,比如查看大量的电子邮件。而此时,可能有一大堆更重要的事情需要处理。
