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

• 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。
• 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。
• The country is caught in a morass of debt.
  这个国家陷入债务的泥沼之中。
• 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。
• If the euro were to disappear altogether, the question of how to handle euro-denominated contracts would be a legal morass.
  如果欧元彻底消失，如何处置以欧元计价的合同，将成为一个法律上的泥淖。
• 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。
• 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。
• Lives may not be at risk here, but given how far out on a limb he had gone in denying any problem ( and now knowledge of the problem) his PR morass is pretty hairy.
  虽说摩根大通的这起事件可能无关性命，但鉴于戴蒙曾经孤注一掷地否认有任何问题（而现在问题已经暴露了），他的公关工作可真是一团糟。
• Lothar destroys three outposts in the Black Morass.
  洛萨在黑色沼泽摧毁了三个岗哨。
• 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。