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

• 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。
• Too many people get distracted first thing in the morning with unimportant activities such as diving right into their morass of e-mail, when there may be a whole host of more important issues that need dealing with.
  很多人一大早就会被并不重要的事情而分心，比如查看大量的电子邮件。而此时，可能有一大堆更重要的事情需要处理。
• Lothar destroys three outposts in the Black Morass.
  洛萨在黑色沼泽摧毁了三个岗哨。
• 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。
• 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。
• In his greasy morass of meanness and selfishness.
  他卑鄙自私的泥泞沼泽。
• 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。
• Corporate tax is an ethical morass.
  法人税是个复杂繁乱的职业道德问题。
• 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”。
• 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。