quagmire
n. 沼泽，泥泞地；困境，尴尬的处境
复数 quagmires
例句
Rain had turned the grass into a quagmire.
雨水已将这片草地变成了沼泽。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
His people had fallen further and further into a quagmire of confusion.
他的人已在困惑的泥潭中越陷越深。
This is why we're still in this quagmire in Iraq.
正因为这样，我们还仍旧深陷伊拉克困境。
