morass

英 [məˈræs]

美 [məˈræs]

n.  困境; 陷阱; 沼泽

复数：morasses　

GRE

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.
  1. I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.
     我试图从绝望的困境中走出来。
  2. ...the economic morass.
     经济混乱

英英释义

noun

• a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
  Synonym:mirequagmirequagslack

双语例句

• Lothar destroys three outposts in the Black Morass.
  洛萨在黑色沼泽摧毁了三个岗哨。
• Organized abandonment gives them a way out of the morass.
  有组织的放弃给他们指明了离开这片沼泽的出路。
• Mona Monroe mourned the moral morass of the monster.
  门罗夫人为这个陷入道德困境的怪物而哀伤。
• 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。
• I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.
  我试图从绝望的困境中走出来。
• To help facilitate this goal-oriented philosophy, one technique we're using in Wrath of the Lich King is to build more mission-based instances along the lines of Old Hillsbrad and Black Morass.
  为了帮助促进这个“目标导向”的方针，我们在《巫妖王之怒》中会利用更多的“任务引导”手法，就像“旧希尔斯布莱德丘陵”和“黑暗沼泽”一样。
• In his greasy morass of meanness and selfishness.
  他卑鄙自私的泥泞沼泽。
• 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。
• Navigating this it morass will not be easy.
  在这片it沼泽中前行并非易事。
• 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。