mire

名词 mire:

1. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
   同义词：quagmire, quag, morass, slack
2. deep soft mud in water or slush
   同义词：slop
3. a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from

动词 mire:

1. entrap
   同义词：entangle
2. cause to get stuck as if in a mire
   同义词：bog down
3. be unable to move further
   同义词：grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down
4. soil with mud, muck, or mire
   同义词：muck, mud, muck up

1. He tried to increase his income by gambling only to plunge more deeply into the mire.
   他企图藉赌博增加收入，却陷入了更深的困境。
2. Full of or resembling mire; swampy.
   沼泽般的充满了淤泥的或似沼泽的; 泥沼的
3. He found he was stuck fast in the mire of debts.
   他发现自己债台高筑。
4. My car was mired.
   我的车上溅满污泥。
5. The most brilliant person may be mired in detail and confusion.
   即使是最聪明的人也会陷入琐事与混乱之中。

mire

n.（名词）
An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a bog.
泥沼：潮湿的、浸水的、泥泞的一块地区；一片泥潭
Deep, slimy soil or mud.
深而滑的土壤或泥
A disadvantageous or difficult condition or situation:
困境：一种不利的或困难的境遇或情况：
例句：
the mire of poverty.
贫困的困境

v.（动词）
mired,mir.ing,mires
v.tr.（及物动词）

To cause to sink or become stuck in or as if in mire.
使陷入：致使陷入或使陷入泥沼或类似泥沼的境地
To hinder, entrap, or entangle as if in mire.
使受困扰：使阻碍、牵绊或纠缠如陷入泥沼一般
To soil with mud or mire.
使溅满污泥或烂泥
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To sink or become stuck in mire.
陷入或陷进泥潭

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old Norse mtrr [bog]
源自 古斯堪的纳维亚语 mtrr [沼泽]