mire

mire

[maiə]

n.泥沼, 泥泞, 困境
v.(使)陷于泥泞, (使)陷入困境

例句与用法:

He tried to increase his income by gambling only to plunge more deeply into the mire.

他企图借赌博增加收入,却陷入了更深的困境。

Full of or resembling mire; swampy.

沼泽般的充满了淤泥的或似沼泽的; 泥沼的

He found he was stuck fast in the mire of debts.

他发现自己债台高筑。

My car was mired.

我的车上溅满污泥。

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。

词形变化:

动词过去式: mired | 动词过去分词: mired | 动词现在分词: miring | 动词第三人称单数: mires |


n.

1. 泥沼; 污泥

2. 困境

vt.

使陷于泥坑; 使陷入困境

vi.

陷于泥坑; 陷入困境


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