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　

IELTSGRETEM8

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

• We slowly sank into the mire of love.
  我们慢慢的陷入了爱的泥沼。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.
  他把我从苦海里救了出来。
• The civil war is a mire which Western leaders are understandably reluctant to be drawn into.
  这场内战是一个泥潭，西方领导人可以理解小愿被卷入。
• To hinder, entrap, or entangle as if in mire.
  好像在泥潭中一样被陷入或者受到阻碍。
• I sank in deep mire; I felt no standing.
  我陷入深深的泥潭；我觉得没有立足之处。
• Soil with mud, muck, or mire.
  用泥土、垃圾或污泥弄脏。