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quagmire

B2 noun

quagmire /ˈkwæɡ.maɪɹ/ nghĩa là đầm lầy

Các nghĩa

  1. đầm lầy

    A swampy, soggy area of ground.

    That quagmire regularly ‘swallows’ caught-up hikers’ boots

  2. tình thế khó khăn, bế tắc

    A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.

    figuratively

    The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy.

    Those election results are a quagmire for any coalition except one of national union.

    The only way to know Shakespeare is through his works, and his works are textual quagmires.

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