1N-COUNT (难以避免或摆脱的)复杂局势,困境 A quagmire is a difficult, complicated, or unpleasant situation which is not easy to avoid or escape from. (难以避免或摆脱的)复杂局势,困境
His people had fallen further and further into a quagmire of confusion. [+ of]
他的人民在混乱不安的泥潭里越陷越深。
We have no intention of being drawn into a political quagmire.
我们无意卷入一场政治困境。
2N-COUNT [usually singular]沼泽地;泥泞地;泥潭 A quagmire is a soft, wet area of land which your feet sink into if you try to walk across it. 沼泽地;泥泞地;泥潭