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

• This method will create great quantities of dirty mire in the process, easily causing secondary pollution.
  这类方法在处理过程中产生大量污泥，容易产生二次污染。
• 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。
• Soil with mud, muck, or mire.
  用泥土、垃圾或污泥弄脏。
• And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
  他们用绳子将耶利米系下去。牢狱里没有水，只有淤泥，耶利米就陷在淤泥中。
• 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。
• We slowly sank into the mire of love.
  我们慢慢的陷入了爱的泥沼。
• 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。
• 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。
• The mire now reached to his knees, and the water to his waist.
  现在淤泥已到膝下，而水则到了腰际。
• You can take part in competitions for the best jumps in mire.
  你可以参加竞赛对最好的跳跃在淤泥。