• n. 沼澤；困境；亂糟糟的一堆

來自Proto-Germanic*mari,湖，海，詞源同moor,marsh,marine.即像湖一樣的，后用于指濕地，沼澤。引申詞義困境。

morass (n.)

"wet, swampy tract," 1650s, from Dutch moeras "marsh, fen," from Middle Dutch marasch, from Old French marais "marsh," from Frankish, possibly from West Germanic *marisk, from Proto-Germanic *mariskaz "like a lake," from *mari "sea" (see mere (n.)). The word was influenced in Dutch by moer "moor" (see moor (n.)). Figurative use is attested from 1867. Replaced earlier mareis (early 14c.; see marish).

1. I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.

我試圖從絕望的困境中走出來。

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2. Mathematical knowledge was certain and offered a secure foothold in a morass.

數(shù)學(xué)知識(shí)是確定無疑的,它給人們?cè)谡訚傻厣咸峁┝艘粋€(gè)穩(wěn)妥的立足點(diǎn).

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3. EXAMPLE : During the rainy season the valley became an impassible morass.

雨季的山谷變成了不可通行的沼澤.

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4. The books are written off as a morass of stuff and nonsense.

這些書寫的全是一派胡言.

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5. But the real worry is the thickening morass of indirect debt.

但是,真正擔(dān)心的是間接債務(wù)泥潭的增厚.

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