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

• There's no rule book to guide you through the morass of eldercare tasks and demands.
  没有一本规则手册，让你走过老年人照顾任务和需求的”泥沼“。
• 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。
• 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。
• The country is caught in a morass of debt.
  这个国家陷入债务的泥沼之中。
• A regular morass of details; a regular nincompoop; he's a veritable swine.
  真正被掩盖的细节；十足的傻子；他真是个猪。
• 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。
• 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。
• Of course, not all cases end up in a morass of uncertainty, and the ability to demand assurances dose often enable a party either to obtain adequate security or to establish a repudiation.
  当然，并非所有的案子都会有那么多的不确定性，而要求提供保证不仅为预见方提供了充分的保证，同时也为确立违约提供了很好的依据。
• 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。
• 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”。