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Mire 考法 N.困境 Difficult Puzzling Embarrassing Situation Easy

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【考法 1 】n.困境: a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape
【例】stuck in a mire of emotional dependency陷于感情依赖的困境中
【近】dilemma, hole, impasse, jam, pickle, quagmire, rattrap, swamp
【考法 2】vt.使陷入困境,拖后腿: to hamper or hold back as if by mire
【例】be mired in the past 陷于过去的回忆不能自拔
【近】bog, broil, delay, detain, entangle, entrap, retard
【反】enfranchise, extricate, free, liberate, rescue 使解脱

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