quagmire
n. 沼泽地; 泥潭; 无法脱身的困境
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...
他的人民在混乱不安的泥潭里越陷越深。
We have no intention of being drawn into a political quagmire.
我们无意卷入一场政治困境。
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.
大雨使草地变得一片泥泞。
1. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
My wellingtons got stuck in a quagmire.
我的威灵顿长靴陷在泥坑里.
Moreover, numerous agencies have the power to monitor and block shipments, creating a bureaucratic quagmire.
另外, 有很多机构具有监视货物及退货的权力, 造成了官僚主义泛滥.
He who tries to conceal his fault for fear of criticism will sink deeper and deeper in the quagmire of errors.
讳疾忌医的人,错误越陷越深.
They despaired stuck in the eternal quagmire.
他们绝望地堕入永恒的困境之中.
On their way was a quagmire which was difficult to get over.
路上他俩遇到了—个泥坑,很难过得去.