bogged down

英 [bɒɡd daʊn]

美 [bɑːɡd daʊn]

adj.  深陷泥沼的; 停滞不前的

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柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 深陷泥沼的；停滞不前的
  If you getbogged down insomething, it prevents you from making progress or getting something done.
  1. But why get bogged down in legal details?...
     可是为什么要纠缠于那些法律细节呢？
  2. Sometimes this fact is obscured because churches get so bogged down by unimportant rules.
     有时候教会因为过分拘泥于那些无关紧要的规则而无法看清这一事实。

双语例句

• We were bogged down with a lot of work.
  我们被一大堆工作阻住了。
• But maybe that helped him avoid getting bogged down.
  但这可能帮助他避免陷入困境。
• I got bogged down in answering his incessant questions.
  我因回答他不停的问题而陷入困境。
• I got bogged down in a long, fruitless discussion.
  我因漫长而无结果的讨论而陷入困境。
• The government has been bogged down deeper and deeper in political and economic crises.
  政府在政治和经济危机中愈陷愈深。
• Chances are, neither of you wants to get bogged down in endless chitchat.
  你们两人肯定都不想陷入没完没了的闲谈中。
• The negotiations got bogged down in an argument about overtime rates.
  谈判在讨论加班费用问题上陷入僵局。
• I can't go out tonight, I'm really bogged down.
  今晚我不能出去，我还有好多工作要做。
• I got myself bogged down in routine work.
  日常事务把我绊住了。
• I am so bogged down on this.
  我被这事情搞的焦头烂额了。