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
- 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。 - Corporate tax is an ethical morass.
法人税是个复杂繁乱的职业道德问题。 - He became expert at feeling for it in the morass with his feet.
他成了专家,能用脚在沼泽里探路。 - To make matters even more complicated, the once-technical issue of leverage has become entangled in a morass of politics and lobbying courtesy of outraged commercial banks.
让事情愈加复杂的是,杠杠这个曾经的技术问题已经卷入了政治泥沼和愤怒的商业银行礼貌的游说之中。 - I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.
我试图从绝望的困境中走出来。 - Better yet, the lighttpd configuration file isn't the morass that Apache's is.
更好的是,lighttpd配置文件比Apache的配置文件简单得多。 - 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。 - A regular morass of details; a regular nincompoop; he's a veritable swine.
真正被掩盖的细节;十足的傻子;他真是个猪。 - 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。 - Less than an hour away from the chaotic heart of New Orleans lays a primordial backwater morass known as the Honey Island Swamp.
从新奥尔良的混乱的中心不到一个小时的路程有一个原始的被称为蜂蜜岛沼泽的“回水泥沼”。