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mo·rass 英məˈræs, mɔː-美məˈræs, mɔ-AHDmə-răsʹ, mô- ☆☆☆☆☆高四ＧＳ宝COCA³³²²⁰BNC³⁴³²⁶iWeb³³⁵¹²Economist¹⁷⁴⁷⁹
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n.沼泽⁴¹;陷阱⁷;困境⁵²复数morasses
困难地型自然下陷，塌陷
Noun:
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot来自日耳曼语，和单词marsh沼泽同源。GRE红宝书mor = more, ass驴, 很多驴子在周围－陷入困境mor死, ass = assist: 帮助你死的方法就是把你扔进沼泽.
moor 荒野，沼泽地 + ass 臀部，陷到了moor心里想骂；mo没 + ass→没过ass的泥潭；mo 音：摸，摸摸你的ass，都脏了，掉泥里了
分割记忆：mor看作mo re+ass驴子，很多驴子在周围→陷入困境钱博士mor=mer，水体+ass=ish，形容词后缀，像…的，有些…的→有水的地方⇒沼泽
词根mer-海，湖，水体来自日耳曼语。它和拉丁词根mar-海最终都源自原始印欧语词根*mori-海。
词源解释来自日耳曼语，和单词marsh沼泽同源。GRE难词记忆morass→mor→more+ass n.驴子→长征路上有更多的驴子陷进沼泽地mor=mer，水体+ass=ish，形容词后缀，像…的，有些…的→有水的地方⇒沼泽。联想记忆mor看作more+ ass驴子⇒很多驴子在周围→陷入困境近义词 knot结mire泥沼bog 沼泽mess混乱quag沼地swamp沼泽marsh沼泽chaos混乱muddle混乱tangle缠结slack松弛的quagmire沼泽jungle丛林的
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用作名词There is no simple way out of thismorass.要走出这个沼泽没有简单的办法。
I tried to drag myself out of themorassof despair.我设法让自己从绝望的困境中脱离出来。noun.bog;mess
同义词 chaos,quagmire,tangleconfusion,fen,jam,jungle,knot,labyrinth,marsh,maze,mesh,mix up,muddle,skein,snarl,swamp,web
反义词 order,organization
bognoun swamp
fen,lowland,marsh,marshland,mire,moss,peat,quag,quagmire,slough,sump,wetlands
impassenoun stalemate
Catch-22,box,cessation,corner,cul-de-sac,dead end,deadlock,dilemma,fix,gridlock,jam,mire,morass,pause,pickle,plight,predicament,quandary,rest,scrape,standoff,standstill
junglenoun wilderness full of plant and animal life
boscage,bush,chaparral,forest,labyrinth,maze,morass,primeval forest,tangle,undergrowth,wasteland,web,wood,zoo
labyrinthnoun maze, complexity
coil,complication,convolution,entanglement,intricacy,jungle,knot,mesh,morass,perplexity,problem,puzzle,riddle,skein,snarl,tangle,web
marshnoun swamp
bog,estuary,everglade,fen,mire,morass,moss,quag,quagmire,slough,swampland,wetland
marshlandnoun swamp
bog,bottoms,everglade,fen,glade,holm,marsh,mire,moor,morass,mud,muskeg,peat bog,polder,quag,quagmire,slough,swale,swampland,wetland George Bush recruited him to defend his interests in Florida during the disputed election of2000, and more recently to examine ways out of America's morass in Iraq.
2000年，乔治•布什聘请他在选举中捍卫自己在佛罗里达的利益。最近，又请他审视美国从伊拉克战争的泥沼中脱身的办法。 ecocn
After years of loose money in financial markets, some observers think the mortgage morass could cause investors to rethink their attitude to other forms of credit risk, such as high- yield bonds.
一些观察家认为，金融市场经过多年的头寸松之后，房贷泥潭可能会使投资者重新思考他们对其他信用风险形式的态度，比如高收益债券。 ecocn
All that borrowing set the stage for our current economic morass, and now thrift is back in vogue.
正是这些借贷让我们的经济陷入泥沼，现在勤俭之风又回来了。 yeeyan
Fatima Bhutto’s family history is a complex morass of politics, reform, revolution, and tragedy.
法蒂玛.布托的家族史充满了政治、改革、革命、悲剧的调料。 yeeyan
He became expert at feeling for it in the morass with his feet.
他成了专家，能用脚在沼泽里探路。 ecocn
He will not jump into the morass without careful preparation, but there is a fair chance, once Mr Mitchell has drawn up a plan, that the new president will engage quite soon.
在没有精心准备下，他不会跳进泥沼。但是，有一个公平的机会，一旦米切尔制定了一项计划，新总统会很快介入。 ecocn
Israel and the Palestinians seem stuck in a poisonous morass, as Israeli voters shift to the right. President Barack Obama has a chance of hauling them out of it.
当以色列选民转向右翼时，以色列和巴勒斯坦像陷入了有毒的沼泽。美国总统奥巴马有机会将他们拖出。 ecocn
It would be nice if that morass could be processed with something a little more reliable than regular expressions.
如果这片沼泽地里，能够用比正则表达式稍微可靠点的东西进行处理就好了。 ibm
Mathematical knowledge was certain and offered a secure foothold in a morass.
数学知识是确定无疑的,它给人们在沼泽地上提供了一个稳妥的立足点。 i21st
Mile-high tsunamis scoured the coasts of the Atlantic, drowning and crushing countless trillions of animals and mashing up whole ecosystems into a briny morass.
几英里高的海啸吞灭了大西洋海岸，被淹没和击压的生灵数以亿计，难以估算。海水与被粉碎的生态系统混合，形成了沼泽。 yeeyan
Mona Monroe mourned the moral morass of the monster.
门罗夫人为这个陷入道德困境的怪物而哀伤。 login.sina.com.cn
Nico Pitney of the Huffington Post, Andrew Sullivan of the Atlantic and Robert Mackey of the New York Times waded into a morass of information and pulled out the most useful bits.
《赫芬顿邮报》的尼科•皮特尼、《大西洋报》的安德鲁•萨利文以及《纽约时报》的罗伯特•麦基搜集了大量的信息并从中挑出最精华的部分。 ecocn
Previously, anybody who wanted to create a service like this would have had to navigate a morass of state and federal regulations and licensing bodies.
此前，要是有人想开展类似的服务，将不得不进行一大堆州、联邦的法规审查，不得不经过各级机构的许可。 yeeyan
Prisons and jails took some of the biggest cuts this summer when legislators cut their state budgets, trying to slash their way out of an economic morass exacerbated by dwindling tax revenues.
今年夏天，为了摆脱因税收缩水而更趋恶化的经济困境，州议员大砍州政府预算，有些监狱和拘留所的经费也大幅删减。 iciba
The whole structure of Cayman Island companies, listed in the U.S., but controlling operations in China, has created a morass that is undermining effective regulatory oversight of the companies.
这种在开曼群岛注册公司，在美国上市，在中国境内运营的结构，为有效的监管带来和许多困难。 blog.sina.com.cn
To minimise the risk that they fall into a Japanese-style morass of high public debt and slow growth, the rich world’s economies must spur productivity, encourage investment and foster competition.
为了最大程度缩小风险陷入日本式高公债、低增长的泥潭，发达世界经济体必须刺激生产力，鼓励投资和培育竞争力。 ecocn |