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
- Some speeches were good on the whole, but had parts that were not quite right. Mathematical knowledge was certain and offered a secure foothold in a morass.
有的全文讲得还好，但是有某些部分不妥当。数学知识是确定无疑的，它给人们在沼泽地上提供了一个稳妥的立足点。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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“。 - In his greasy morass of meanness and selfishness.
他卑鄙自私的泥泞沼泽。 - I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.
我试图从绝望的困境中走出来。 - A computer-based system of scholarly communication offers the hope of an escape from the insoluble morass of economic, space, and access problems of the last few years.
在过去几年以电脑为基础的系统学术交流提供了摆脱困境不能解决的经济，空间，存取问题。 - On the Morass in Public Policy Evaluation and Innovating System
试论我国公共政策评估存在的困境及制度创新 - 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。