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

• If the euro were to disappear altogether, the question of how to handle euro-denominated contracts would be a legal morass.
  如果欧元彻底消失，如何处置以欧元计价的合同，将成为一个法律上的泥淖。
• 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。
• 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。
• In his greasy morass of meanness and selfishness.
  他卑鄙自私的泥泞沼泽。
• 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。
• Navigating this it morass will not be easy.
  在这片it沼泽中前行并非易事。
• 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。
• Lothar destroys three outposts in the Black Morass.
  洛萨在黑色沼泽摧毁了三个岗哨。
• To help facilitate this goal-oriented philosophy, one technique we're using in Wrath of the Lich King is to build more mission-based instances along the lines of Old Hillsbrad and Black Morass.
  为了帮助促进这个“目标导向”的方针，我们在《巫妖王之怒》中会利用更多的“任务引导”手法，就像“旧希尔斯布莱德丘陵”和“黑暗沼泽”一样。
• I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.
  我试图从绝望的困境中走出来。