quicksands
流沙
* 以上結果來自機器翻譯。
Quicksand is deep, wet sand that you sink into if you try to walk on it.
The sandbank was uncertain, like quicksand under his feet.
那個沙壩並不穩固,他腳下如同踩著流沙一般。
You can refer to a situation as quicksand when you want to suggest that it is dangerous or difficult to escape from, or does not provide a strong basis for what you are doing.
I was about to sink into the quicksand of sin...
我就要陷入罪孽的深淵了。
The research seemed founded on quicksand.
這項研究猶如建在流沙之上,基礎極不穩固。