morass
英 [məˈræs]
美 [məˈræs]
n. 困境; 陷阱; 沼泽
复数:morasses
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.- I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.
我试图从绝望的困境中走出来。 - ...the economic morass.
经济混乱
- I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.
英英释义
noun
双语例句
- Add to that the aspect that the co-founder being removed could be bound by marriage to another co-founder – with the common circumstance that one co-founder is engineering the removal of the other – and one can quickly see what a morass this situation can become.
我们经常会看到公司的创始人之一图谋赶走另一位联合创始人,然而,离任的联合创始人有可能和另一个创始人是夫妻关系,一旦如此,事情就将变得极其错综复杂。 - 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“。 - 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。 - Organized abandonment gives them a way out of the morass.
有组织的放弃给他们指明了离开这片沼泽的出路。 - The country is caught in a morass of debt.
这个国家陷入债务的泥沼之中。 - 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。 - Until this happens, we're stuck in a morass of noninteroperable files that break as they're transferred across national, platform, and linguistic boundaries.
除非这样,否则当文件跨越国界、平台和语言传递的时候,我们就会陷入不能互操作的泥潭。 - 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。