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a quagmire of [sth]
常用比喻义，表示难以摆脱的困境。
The country is caught in a quagmire of debt and political instability.
该国深陷债务和政治动荡的泥潭。
沼泽；泥沼；泥潭
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
沼泽；泥沼；泥潭
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
The country is caught in a quagmire of debt and political instability.
该国深陷债务和政治动荡的泥潭。
沼泽般潮湿的地面。
A swampy, soggy area of ground.
低洼松软潮湿、脚下会下陷的地方
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
危险、混乱、麻烦的局面；无法解决的困境。
A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.
After the rain, the path turned into a quagmire and we could hardly walk.
雨后，小路变成了泥潭，我们几乎无法行走。
The heavy trucks got stuck in the quagmire near the construction site.
重型卡车陷在建筑工地附近的泥坑里。
The farmer's fields became a quagmire after the flood.
洪水过后，农民的田地变成了一片沼泽。
常用比喻义，表示难以摆脱的困境。
The country is caught in a quagmire of debt and political instability.
该国深陷债务和政治动荡的泥潭。
Without a clear strategy, the company sank into a quagmire.
没有明确战略，公司陷入了泥沼。
The negotiations were bogged down in a quagmire of conflicting interests.
谈判因利益冲突而陷入泥潭。
Not this
The negotiation turned into quagmire.
Use this
The negotiation turned into a quagmire.
“quagmire”是可数名词，单数形式前需要不定冠词“a”。
Not this
They were stuck on the quagmire.
Use this
They were stuck in the quagmire.
“quagmire”表示沼泽地，应使用介词“in”表示陷入其中，而非“on”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
政治泥潭
The reform effort became a political quagmire.
改革努力变成了政治泥潭。
法律困境
The dispute turned into a legal quagmire.
这场纠纷变成了法律困境。
陷入泥潭；陷入困境
The company fell into a quagmire of debt.
这家公司陷入了债务泥潭。
把某人拖入困境
He dragged his partners into the quagmire of the failed project.
他把合伙人拖入了失败项目的泥潭。
深陷泥潭；陷入僵局
The negotiations are bogged down in a quagmire of conflicting demands.
谈判因各方的相互冲突的要求而深陷僵局。
陷入困境
Without a clear plan, the project quickly sank into a quagmire of delays and budget overruns.
由于没有明确的计划，这个项目很快陷入了拖延和预算超支的困境。
政治泥潭
The reform bill has become a political quagmire, with neither side willing to compromise.
这项改革法案已成为政治上的泥潭，双方都不愿妥协。
把某人拖入困境
He refused to be dragged into the legal quagmire of the dispute.
他拒绝被卷入这场纠纷的法律泥潭。
Use quagmire naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记 quagmire：quag（沼）+ mire（泥）都是泥地，双重泥泞=困境；想象脚陷软泥，越挣扎越深，一团乱麻。
语域：mixed 常见场景：nature/geography writing、journalism on politics, economics, or diplomacy quagmire 有字面和比喻两层意思：字面指泥沼、沼泽地，多用于描述自然地形；比喻指难以摆脱的困境，比较常见于新闻和正式讨论（如政治、经济、外交）。整体语气偏正式，日常口语中较少用。
没有与 quagmire /ˈkwæɡˌmaɪɚ/ 完全押韵的常用词，因为其主重音在第一音节 /kwæɡ/。mire、admire、acquire、desire、fire、tire 等词与 quagmire 的结尾共有 /maɪɚ/ 或 /aɪɚ/ 的读音，但不构成整词的完美押韵。注意：quag 读作 /kwæɡ/，不要按拼写读成 /kwɑːɡ/；也不要将 quagmire 中的 qua 与 aqua /ˈækwə/ 中的 qua 混淆。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.