morass
美音:
[mə´ræs
]英音:
[mə´ræs
]n.沼泽
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morass
/mə'ræs; mə`ræs/
n (usu sing 通常作单数)
1 stretch of low soft wet land; marsh 沼泽.
2 ~ (of sth) (fig 比喻) thing that confuses people or prevents progress 困扰人或阻碍进步的事物; 困境
*a morass of confusion, doubt, despair, etc 困惑、怀疑、绝望等的境地
* be caught up in, bogged down in, floundering in a morass of bureaucratic procedures 掉进、陷入、挣扎在官僚主义繁文缛节的泥淖中.
morass
n[
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Dutch;Origin: moeras, from
Old French maresc]
[singular]a complicated and confusing situation that is very difficult to get out of
We're trying to drag the country out of its economic morass.morass of They were stuck in a morass of paperwork.[C]literarya dangerous area of soft wet ground
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marsh