单词 | morass |
释义 | morassWord family adjectivemorassynounmorass , Geology Geographymo·rass /məˈræs/ noun 1 [singular]COMPLICATED a complicated and confusing situation that is very difficult to get out of 困境;陷阱 We’re trying to drag the country out of its economic morass. 我们在尽力使国家摆脱经济困境。 morass of They were stuck in a morass of paperwork. 他们被大量的文书工作缠住了。 2. [countableC] literaryALSG a dangerous area of soft wet ground 泥淖,沼泽 SYN marsh Examples from the Corpus morass• the state's budget morass• Some genuinely want to help him out of the current morass.• The legal system flounders in its own morass of indefensible defendants, incoherent witnesses, and injudicious jurists.• And a newly recognized disorder serves to show how one comes to be recognized amid the psychiatric morass.• Sara felt slightly sick, but there was no point in wading deeper into the morass.• The morass in Washington has gained even greater attention as bond investors have little economic news on which to focus.• Art historians have generally been reluctant to venture into this morass of styles and terms. morass of• a morass of detail (1600-1700) Dutch moeras, from Old French maresc |
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