mire

noun

1. 泥潭；泥沼
   an area of deep mud
   1. The wheels sank deeper into the mire.
      轮子在泥潭中陷得更深了。
   2. My name had been dragged through the mire (= my reputation was ruined) .
      我的名声受到了玷污。
   3. The government was sinking deeper and deeper into the mire (= getting further into a difficult situation) .
      政府在泥潭中越陷越深。

1. N-SING 泥潭;困境;艰难处境
   You can refer to an unpleasant or difficult situation as a mire of some kind.
   1. ...a mire of poverty and ignorance.
      贫穷与无知的泥潭
2. N-UNCOUNT 灰尘;烂泥;污泥
   Mire is dirt or mud.
   1. ...the muck and mire of sewers and farm- yards.
      下水道和农家庭院的污垢和烂泥

1. She couldn't withstand the lure of money and was dragged into the mire.
   她经不起金钱的引诱，被拉下水了。
2. Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters.
   求你搭救我出离淤泥、不叫我陷在其中.求你使我脱离那些恨我的人、使我出离深水。
3. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
   他们用绳子将耶利米系下去。牢狱里没有水，只有淤泥，耶利米就陷在淤泥中。
4. The mire now reached to his knees, and the water to his waist.
   现在淤泥已到膝下，而水则到了腰际。
5. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
   我到了深水中。大水漫过我身。
6. You can take part in competitions for the best jumps in mire.
   你可以参加竞赛对最好的跳跃在淤泥。
7. But later on Beaucock had fallen into the mire.
   但是后来，比奥库克陷入了困境。
8. My name had been dragged through the mire.
   我的名声受到了玷污。
9. We slowly sank into the mire of love.
   我们慢慢的陷入了爱的泥沼。
10. The civil war is a mire which Western leaders are understandably reluctant to be drawn into.
    这场内战是一个泥潭，西方领导人可以理解小愿被卷入。
11. Smashed, mix his heart's blood with the mire of the land.
    碎裂了，他心脏的血与地上的泥泞混在一起。
12. But arrived the Yangshuo moon village, you would put on mire toward the body willingly.
    可是到了阳朔月亮村，你就会心甘情愿地往身上抹泥了。
13. I want to live long. I'm looking forward to a day when I can extricate myself from the mire and fly to the skies by taking advantages of a thunder-storm.
    我还盼望着总有那么一天，我可以从污泥中拔出我的身子，我要乘雷飞上天空。
14. They have dragged the planet deeper into the mire of militarism, tension, and war.
    他们把这个星球更深地拉入黩武、对抗和战争的泥淖之中。
15. Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
    蒲草没有泥岂能发长？芦荻没有水岂能生发？
16. R: unmerciful mire, lick up the most lovely person in the world!
    罗密欧：你无情的泥，吞噬了世上最可爱的人！
17. They have been in mire for the some time.
    他们陷入困境已有一段时间了。
18. Having risen from the mire of swamps and marshes, the Orcish hordes have swept across this domain in the fulfillment of that destiny.
    从沼泽和湿地中崛起，兽人部落横扫这片领土以实现这个命运。
19. He has rescued me from the mire of misery.
    他把我从苦海里救了出来。
20. He tried to increase his income by gambling only to plunge more deeply into the mire.
    他企图藉赌博增加收入，却陷入了更深的困境。
21. At one time, had smooth sailing in his studies on the fell, Xian into the mire!
    一度，一帆风顺得他在自己的学业上跌倒了，陥进了泥潭！
22. To hinder, entrap, or entangle as if in mire.
    好像在泥潭中一样被陷入或者受到阻碍。
23. Governments in much of the developed world face huge difficulties pulling their nations out of the economic mire.
    在帮助本国摆脱经济泥潭方面，许多发达国家政府正面临着巨大挑战。
24. She has become marble in becoming mire.
    她在变成污泥的同时，变成了木石。
25. Be ever vigilant; keep close watch over your thoughts; extricate yourself from the mire of evil.
    永远保持警觉；密切注意你的思维；从邪恶的泥沼中救出你自己。
26. I sank in deep mire; I felt no standing.
    我陷入深深的泥潭；我觉得没有立足之处。
27. I will get out of the mire.
    我要将自己拉出泥潭。
28. This method will create great quantities of dirty mire in the process, easily causing secondary pollution.
    这类方法在处理过程中产生大量污泥，容易产生二次污染。
29. Soil with mud, muck, or mire.
    用泥土、垃圾或污泥弄脏。

noun

1. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

   Synonym:    quagmirequagmorassslack

2. a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from
   1. the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president
   2. caught in the mire of poverty

3. deep soft mud in water or slush
   1. they waded through the slop

   Synonym:    slop

verb

1. soil with mud, muck, or mire
   1. The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden

   Synonym:    muckmudmuck up

2. be unable to move further
   1. The car bogged down in the sand

   Synonym:    grind to a haltget stuckbog down

3. cause to get stuck as if in a mire
   1. The mud mired our cart

   Synonym:    bog down

4. entrap
   1. Our people should not be mired in the past

   Synonym:    entangle