mire

英 [ˈmaɪə(r)]

美 [ˈmaɪər]

n.  泥潭; 泥沼
v.  (使)陷于泥泞; (使)陷入困境

复数：mires　过去分词：mired　过去式：mired　现在分词：miring　第三人称单数：mires　

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BNC.19852 / COCA.13062

牛津词典

noun

• 泥潭；泥沼
  an area of deep mud
  1. The wheels sank deeper into the mire.
     轮子在泥潭中陷得更深了。
  2. My name had been dragged through the mire (= my reputation was ruined) .
     我的名声受到了玷污。
  3. The government was sinking deeper and deeper into the mire (= getting further into a difficult situation) .
     政府在泥潭中越陷越深。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 泥潭;困境;艰难处境
  You can refer to an unpleasant or difficult situation as amireof some kind.
  1. ...a mire of poverty and ignorance.
     贫穷与无知的泥潭
• N-UNCOUNT 灰尘;烂泥;污泥
  Mireis dirt or mud.
  1. ...the muck and mire of sewers and farm- yards.
     下水道和农家庭院的污垢和烂泥

英英释义

noun

• a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
  Synonym:quagmirequagmorassslack
• a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from
  1. the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president
  2. caught in the mire of poverty
• deep soft mud in water or slush
  1. they waded through the slop
  Synonym:slop

verb

• soil with mud, muck, or mire
  1. The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden
  Synonym:muckmudmuck up
• be unable to move further
  1. The car bogged down in the sand
  Synonym:grind to a haltget stuckbog down
• cause to get stuck as if in a mire
  1. The mud mired our cart
  Synonym:bog down
• entrap
  1. Our people should not be mired in the past
  Synonym:entangle

双语例句

• They have dragged the planet deeper into the mire of militarism, tension, and war.
  他们把这个星球更深地拉入黩武、对抗和战争的泥淖之中。
• Having risen from the mire of swamps and marshes, the Orcish hordes have swept across this domain in the fulfillment of that destiny.
  从沼泽和湿地中崛起，兽人部落横扫这片领土以实现这个命运。
• I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
  我到了深水中。大水漫过我身。
• I want to live long. I'm looking forward to a day when I can extricate myself from the mire and fly to the skies by taking advantages of a thunder-storm.
  我还盼望着总有那么一天，我可以从污泥中拔出我的身子，我要乘雷飞上天空。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.
  他把我从苦海里救了出来。
• Be ever vigilant; keep close watch over your thoughts; extricate yourself from the mire of evil.
  永远保持警觉；密切注意你的思维；从邪恶的泥沼中救出你自己。
• Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters.
  求你搭救我出离淤泥、不叫我陷在其中.求你使我脱离那些恨我的人、使我出离深水。
• My name had been dragged through the mire.
  我的名声受到了玷污。
• She couldn't withstand the lure of money and was dragged into the mire.
  她经不起金钱的引诱，被拉下水了。
• Governments in much of the developed world face huge difficulties pulling their nations out of the economic mire.
  在帮助本国摆脱经济泥潭方面，许多发达国家政府正面临着巨大挑战。