mire
音標[maiә]中文翻譯:
n. 泥沼, 泥濘
vt. 使陷於泥濘, 使陷入困境
vi. 掉進泥坑
【化】 淤渣; 淤泥; 礦泥
【醫】 梯形目標
相關詞組:
find oneself in the mire
中英例句:
- He tried to increase his income by gambling only to plunge more deeply into the mire.他企圖藉賭博增加收入,卻陷入了更深的困境。
- Full of or resembling mire; swampy.沼澤般的充滿了淤泥的或似沼澤的; 泥沼的
- He found he was stuck fast in the mire of debts.他發現自己債台高築。
- My car was mired.我的車上濺滿污泥。
- The most brilliant person may be mired in detail and confusion.即使是最聰明的人也會陷入瑣事與混亂之中。
英文解釋:
名詞 mire:
- a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot同義詞:quagmire, quag, morass, slack
- deep soft mud in water or slush同義詞:slop
- a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from
動詞 mire:
- entrap同義詞:entangle
- cause to get stuck as if in a mire同義詞:bog down
- be unable to move further同義詞:grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down
- soil with mud, muck, or mire同義詞:muck, mud, muck up