quagmire
noun · verbB1Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A swampy, soggy area of ground.
That quagmire regularly ‘swallows’ caught-up hikers’ boots
Đồng nghĩa: marsh, marshland, mire, quag
- 2.
(figuratively)A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.
The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy.
Those election results are a quagmire for any coalition except one of national union.
Đồng nghĩa: predicament, ass in a sling, bind, bucket of syrup, calvary, cauldron, cross, cross to bear, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits, doghouse, fix, hole, jam, kettle, kettle of fish, ordeal, pickle, pinch, plight, predicament, quandary, quagmire, situation, spot, spot of bother, sticky situation, sticky wicket, tight spot, trouble
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty.
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Recorded since 1579, from quag + mire. The sense “perilous, mixed up and troubled situation” has been recorded since 1775.