mire
英 [ˈmaɪə(r)]
美 [ˈmaɪər]
n. 泥潭; 泥沼
v. (使)陷于泥泞; (使)陷入困境
复数:mires 过去分词:mired 过去式:mired 现在分词:miring 第三人称单数:mires
BNC.19852 / COCA.13062
牛津词典
noun
- 泥潭;泥沼
an area of deep mud- The wheels sank deeper into the mire.
轮子在泥潭中陷得更深了。 - My name had been dragged through the mire (= my reputation was ruined) .
我的名声受到了玷污。 - The government was sinking deeper and deeper into the mire (= getting further into a difficult situation) .
政府在泥潭中越陷越深。
- The wheels sank deeper into the mire.
柯林斯词典
- N-SING 泥潭;困境;艰难处境
You can refer to an unpleasant or difficult situation as amireof some kind.- ...a mire of poverty and ignorance.
贫穷与无知的泥潭
- ...a mire of poverty and ignorance.
- N-UNCOUNT 灰尘;烂泥;污泥
Mireis dirt or mud.- ...the muck and mire of sewers and farm- yards.
下水道和农家庭院的污垢和烂泥
- ...the muck and mire of sewers and farm- yards.
英英释义
noun
- a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from
- the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president
- caught in the mire of poverty
- deep soft mud in water or slush
- they waded through the slop
verb
- soil with mud, muck, or mire
- The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden
- be unable to move further
- The car bogged down in the sand
- cause to get stuck as if in a mire
- The mud mired our cart
- entrap
- Our people should not be mired in the past
双语例句
- I will get out of the mire.
我要将自己拉出泥潭。 - Be ever vigilant; keep close watch over your thoughts; extricate yourself from the mire of evil.
永远保持警觉;密切注意你的思维;从邪恶的泥沼中救出你自己。 - To hinder, entrap, or entangle as if in mire.
好像在泥潭中一样被陷入或者受到阻碍。 - Smashed, mix his heart's blood with the mire of the land.
碎裂了,他心脏的血与地上的泥泞混在一起。 - I want to live long. I'm looking forward to a day when I can extricate myself from the mire and fly to the skies by taking advantages of a thunder-storm.
我还盼望着总有那么一天,我可以从污泥中拔出我的身子,我要乘雷飞上天空。 - Governments in much of the developed world face huge difficulties pulling their nations out of the economic mire.
在帮助本国摆脱经济泥潭方面,许多发达国家政府正面临着巨大挑战。 - He tried to increase his income by gambling only to plunge more deeply into the mire.
他企图藉赌博增加收入,却陷入了更深的困境。 - My name had been dragged through the mire.
我的名声受到了玷污。 - We slowly sank into the mire of love.
我们慢慢的陷入了爱的泥沼。 - But later on Beaucock had fallen into the mire.
但是后来,比奥库克陷入了困境。