quagmire
n. 沼澤地; 泥潭; 無法脫身的困境
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...
他的人民在混亂不安的泥潭裡越陷越深。
We have no intention of being drawn into a political quagmire.
我們無意捲入一場政治困境。
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.
大雨使草地變得一片泥濘。
1. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
My wellingtons got stuck in a quagmire.
我的威靈頓長靴陷在泥坑裡.
Moreover, numerous agencies have the power to monitor and block shipments, creating a bureaucratic quagmire.
另外, 有很多機構具有監視貨物及退貨的權力, 造成了官僚主義氾濫.
He who tries to conceal his fault for fear of criticism will sink deeper and deeper in the quagmire of errors.
諱疾忌醫的人,錯誤越陷越深.
They despaired stuck in the eternal quagmire.
他們絕望地墮入永恆的困境之中.
On their way was a quagmire which was difficult to get over.
路上他倆遇到了—個泥坑,很難過得去.