A quagmire is a difficult, complicated, or unpleasant situation which is not easy to avoid or escape from.
例句
His people had fallen further and further into a quagmire of confusion...他的人民在混亂不安的泥潭里越陷越深。We have no intention of being drawn into a political quagmire.我們無意卷入一場政治困境。
N-COUNT
沼澤地;泥濘地;泥潭
A quagmire is a soft, wet area of land which your feet sink into if you try to walk across it.
例句
Rain had turned the grass into a quagmire.大雨使草地變得一片泥濘。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
沼澤地,泥潭
My wellingtons got stuck in a quagmire.我的威靈頓長靴陷在泥坑里。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。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot