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mire n.泥沼；泥泞；困境v.(使)陷于泥泞；(使)陷入困境 (1) 遥远的泥沼上方升起了薄雾。(2) 他逃开,却开到泥坑里去了。(3) 他企图借赌博增加收入,却陷入了更深的困境。(4) 即使是最聪明的人也会陷入琐事与混乱之中。 Mire still has its original, though less-used, sense of a slushy, muddy bit of land that gives way underfoot, also known as a quagmire. One of the most famous mires in literary history was the one haunted by the Hound of the Baskervilles in Conan Doyle's classic. Have the fibs you told your beloved come back to haunt you? You're stuck in a mire then, a treacherous situation it's going to be pretty hard to squirm out of.

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英 ['maɪə(r)] 美 ['maɪər] (1) The mist arose in the remote mire.(2) He has run away and landed in the mire.(3) He tried to increase his income by gambling only to plunge more deeply into the mire.(4) The most brilliant person may be mired in detail and confusion. A mire is mushy ground like quicksand, so if you feel yourself trapped in a sticky situation, consider yourself mired. One gets mired IN something — like in a dispute or in a love triangle. 1[N-SING 单数名词]泥潭；困境；艰难处境 You can refer to an unpleasant or difficult situation as a mire of some kind.   [oft N of n]  [LITERARY 文]...a mire of poverty and ignorance.贫穷与无知的泥潭2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]灰尘；烂泥；污泥 Mire is dirt or mud.   [LITERARY 文]...the muck and mire of sewers and farm- yards.下水道和农家庭院的污垢和烂泥

英语单词	mire
英美音标	英 ['maɪə(r)] 美 ['maɪər]
中文释义	n.泥沼；泥泞；困境 v.(使)陷于泥泞；(使)陷入困境
英语例句	(1) The mist arose in the remote mire. (2) He has run away and landed in the mire. (3) He tried to increase his income by gambling only to plunge more deeply into the mire. (4) The most brilliant person may be mired in detail and confusion.
中文例句	(1) 遥远的泥沼上方升起了薄雾。 (2) 他逃开,却开到泥坑里去了。 (3) 他企图借赌博增加收入,却陷入了更深的困境。 (4) 即使是最聪明的人也会陷入琐事与混乱之中。
vocabulary简明	A mire is mushy ground like quicksand, so if you feel yourself trapped in a sticky situation, consider yourself mired. One gets mired IN something — like in a dispute or in a love triangle.
vocabulary扩展	Mire still has its original, though less-used, sense of a slushy, muddy bit of land that gives way underfoot, also known as a quagmire. One of the most famous mires in literary history was the one haunted by the Hound of the Baskervilles in Conan Doyle's classic. Have the fibs you told your beloved come back to haunt you? You're stuck in a mire then, a treacherous situation it's going to be pretty hard to squirm out of.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-SING 单数名词]泥潭；困境；艰难处境 You can refer to an unpleasant or difficult situation as a mire of some kind. [oft N of n] [LITERARY 文] ...a mire of poverty and ignorance. 贫穷与无知的泥潭 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]灰尘；烂泥；污泥 Mire is dirt or mud. [LITERARY 文] ...the muck and mire of sewers and farm- yards. 下水道和农家庭院的污垢和烂泥

Mire Mired Situation [Literary 文 英 Maɪə(R)] 美 Maɪər

Mire Mired Situation [Literary 文英 Maɪə(R)] 美 Maɪər