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
- 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。 - The country is caught in a morass of debt.
这个国家陷入债务的泥沼之中。 - Add to that the aspect that the co-founder being removed could be bound by marriage to another co-founder – with the common circumstance that one co-founder is engineering the removal of the other – and one can quickly see what a morass this situation can become.
我们经常会看到公司的创始人之一图谋赶走另一位联合创始人,然而,离任的联合创始人有可能和另一个创始人是夫妻关系,一旦如此,事情就将变得极其错综复杂。 - Some speeches were good on the whole, but had parts that were not quite right. Mathematical knowledge was certain and offered a secure foothold in a morass.
有的全文讲得还好,但是有某些部分不妥当。数学知识是确定无疑的,它给人们在沼泽地上提供了一个稳妥的立足点。 - The Orcs are pushed back to the brink of the Dark Portal on the Black Morass.
兽人被击退到黑色沼泽的黑暗之门外围。 - Corporate tax is an ethical morass.
法人税是个复杂繁乱的职业道德问题。 - EXAMPLE: Initially, having to face the morass of customs regulations involved with international shipments can discourage inexperienced exporters.
一开始,没有经验的出口商在应对与国际运输和有关的关税规定时可能会感到泄气。 - Lothar destroys three outposts in the Black Morass.
洛萨在黑色沼泽摧毁了三个岗哨。 - On the Morass in Public Policy Evaluation and Innovating System
试论我国公共政策评估存在的困境及制度创新 - 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。
