Word · Frequency #19852
mires
泥沼；泥潭；淤泥
mires is the plural of mire.
Deep, soft mud; wet, spongy earth.
- 1.
Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
深泥；潮湿松软的土地
- 2.
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
低洼松软潮湿、脚下会下陷的地方
- 3.
A bog or fen; (in wetland science, specifically) a peatland which is actively forming peat, such as an active bog or fen.
沼泽；泥炭地(特指活跃形成泥炭的湿地,如活跃的沼泽或泥炭沼)
- 4.
deep soft mud in water or slush
水中或泥泞中的深软泥浆
- 5.
An undesirable situation; a predicament.
困境；窘境
- 6.
a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from
难以摆脱的困难或窘境
沼泽；泥炭沼；困境；窘境；深泥；潮湿松软的土地；低洼松软潮湿、脚下会下陷的地方；沼泽；泥炭地(特指活跃形成泥炭的湿地,如活跃的沼泽或泥炭沼)
In use
The company found itself in a financial mire after the failed product launch.
He tried to escape the mire of his toxic relationship.
The project was stuck in a bureaucratic mire for months.
the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president
caught in the mire of poverty
Connections
Collocations
- stuck in the mire
- 陷入困境；陷入泥潭
- The negotiations are stuck in the mire.谈判陷入了困境。
- mire of debt
- 债务泥潭
- Many young families fall into a mire of debt.许多年轻家庭陷入债务泥潭。
- political mire
- 政治泥潭
- The new policy is trapped in a political mire.新政策陷入了政治泥潭。
- drag someone's name through the mire
- 使某人的名誉扫地；使某人蒙羞
- The false accusations dragged his name through the mire.那些不实指控使他的名誉扫地。
- pull out of the mire
- 摆脱困境；走出泥潭
- A strong leader pulled the company out of the mire.一位强有力的领导人使公司摆脱了困境。
- wallow in the mire
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想记忆：把 mire 开头的 m 看作两座小丘，丘间低洼积水成泥潭，陷入即困境。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学或正式描写中形容泥泞地面、环境科学中指泥炭地、正式或新闻报道中形容困境 mire 作名词时多用于正式或书面语，尤其在描写泥泞地面、沼泽或比喻困境时；日常口语较少使用，更常说 mud、swamp 或 mess。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上词与 mire 一样都以 /aɪr/ 结尾，押韵。注意 'mirror' /ˈmɪrər/ 和 'mire' 拼写相近，但读音不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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