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

• The country is caught in a morass of debt.
  这个国家陷入债务的泥沼之中。
• 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。
• 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
• I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.
  我试图从绝望的困境中走出来。
• 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”。
• In his greasy morass of meanness and selfishness.
  他卑鄙自私的泥泞沼泽。
• 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。
• 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。
• British relief system s enlightenment on the legislation of China s absolute poverty relief; Along with thousands of other families in dying inner cities, the Wolfs have become mired in a morass of welfare, crime and self-destruction.
  英国济贫制度对我国绝对贫困救济立法的启示他们同几千家居住在毫无希望的贫民窟中的居民一道，陷入接受救济、违法犯罪、自我毁灭的困境。
• 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。