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mireHmaIE5, $maIrn [C usually sing]an area of deep wet sticky earth, or (fig.) an unpleasant situation that is difficult to get out of泥潭，烂泥，困境Conservationists are demanding government action to save the one remaining ancient mire in the region.自然资源防护者要求政府行动拯救这一地区内遗留下来的惟一古老泥沼。(fig.) The banks are deep in the mire, industry is gloomy and unemployment is continuing to rise.银行处于深深的困境中，工业令人沮丧，失业率在继续增长。(fig.) The civil war is a mire which Western leaders are understandably reluctant to be drawn into.这场内战是一个泥潭，西方领导人可以理解不愿被卷入。
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