mire
n. <尤文>泥潭
You can refer to an unpleasant or difficult situation as a mire of some kind.
...a mire of poverty and ignorance.
贫穷与无知的泥潭
Mire is dirt or mud.
...the muck and mire of sewers and farm- yards.
下水道和农家庭院的污垢和烂泥
1. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
1. entrap;
2. cause to get stuck as if in a mire;
3. be unable to move further;
4. soil with mud, muck, or mire;
I don't want my son's good name dragged through the mire.
我不想使我儿子的名誉扫地.
He tried to increase his income by gambling only to plunge more deeply into the mire.
他企图藉赌博增加收入,却陷入了更深的困境.
Seek only for light and freedom and not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire.
只追寻光明和自由,而不要使自己身陷于世俗的泥沼.
He has run away and landed in the mire.
他一小差就开到泥坑里去了.
I sank in deep mire; I felt no standing.
我陷入深深的泥潭; 我觉得没有立足之处.