"quagmire" in Chinese (Traditional)
泥淖困境
Definition
quagmire 指泥濘、溼軟、不易通行的地面,也比喻難以脫身的困境。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
「quagmire」常見於正式、文學或新聞語境,尤其用於描述政治、社會等難題(如“a political quagmire”)。日常交流很少用字面“泥淖”,不要和“dilemma”(兩難)混淆,quagmire更側重被困住。
Examples
The hikers got stuck in a quagmire after it rained.
下雨後,遠足者陷入了**泥淖**。
The country is in an economic quagmire.
這個國家陷入了經濟**困境**。
We accidentally drove our car into a quagmire and couldn't move.
我們不小心開車進了**泥淖**,動不了了。
Negotiating peace turned out to be a political quagmire.
談判和平結果成了政治**困境**。
I'm in a real quagmire with these tax documents—it just gets more complicated!
這些稅務文件把我搞進了真**困境**,只會越來越麻煩!
Their relationship became a messy quagmire after the argument.
吵架後,他們的關係成了一團**困境**。