quagmire
发音
英 [ˈkwægmaɪə(r)]
美 [ˈkwæɡˌmaɪr]
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- n.
- 沼泽地
- 泥潭
- 无法脱身的困境
单词词源
quagmire 泥沼
quag,泥沼，mire,沼泽。两个单词实质上表达的是一个意思，比较lukewarm.
双语例句
- 1. In short it is the opposite of a quagmire .
- 总之与泥潭之说恰恰相反。
- 2. Now it 's a quagmire and investors are going to have to change the way they approach the market .
- 而今它已经成为一片沼泽地，投资者将不得不调整针对该市场的策略。
- 3. In 2007 two academics , john mearsheimer and stephen walt , went so far as towrite a book accusing " the lobby " of hijacking american foreign policy and luring america into the quagmire of iraq to serve israel 's interests .
- 2007年，两位大学教授，johnmearsheimer和stephenwalt，写了一本书，指责“该游说团体”劫持了美国的外交政策，并且诱使美国陷入伊拉克泥沼以服务于以色列的利益。
- 4. The games end in not just a military quagmire but also serious fallout in u.s. domestic politics .
- 游戏不仅结局成一场军事上的泥潭，而且还预示美国国内政治中将出现严重对抗。
- 5. We can 't leave and we can 't stay : that 's the very definition of a quagmire .
- 我们不能离开，我们也不能待下去：这就是泥潭非常明确的定义了吧。