quicksand

noun

1. 流沙
   deep wet sand that you sink into if you walk on it
2. 难以摆脱的困境；危险局面
   a situation that is dangerous or difficult to escape from

1. N-UNCOUNT 流沙
   Quicksand is deep, wet sand that you sink into if you try to walk on it.
   1. The sandbank was uncertain, like quicksand under his feet.
      那个沙坝并不稳固，他脚下如同踩着流沙一般。
2. N-UNCOUNT 难以摆脱的困境；不可靠的局面
   You can refer to a situation as quicksand when you want to suggest that it is dangerous or difficult to escape from, or does not provide a strong basis for what you are doing.
   1. I was about to sink into the quicksand of sin...
      我就要陷入罪孽的深渊了。
   2. The research seemed founded on quicksand.
      这项研究犹如建在流沙之上，基础极不稳固。

1. The sandbank was uncertain, like quicksand under his feet.
   那个沙坝并不稳固，他脚下如同踩着流沙一般。
2. I was about to sink into the quicksand of sin
   我就要陷入罪孽的深渊了。
3. The research seemed founded on quicksand.
   这项研究犹如建在流沙之上，基础极不稳固。
4. Sand under quick condition is often called quicksand.
   通常把处在快条件下的砂叫做流砂。
5. Is Kevin stuck in quicksand?
   难道凯文在流沙区吗？
6. Knowledge is the bedrock of experience, knowledge and experience not only built on the quicksand.
   知识是经验的磐石，没有知识的经验只是建筑在流沙上。
7. Yet it has a way of slipping through your fingers like quicksand.
   可是它会像流沙一样从缝间溜走。
8. Reach out? Is Kevin stuck in quicksand? Is he teetering on the edge of a cliff? Can't we just ask him?
   难道凯文在流沙区吗？或者他在悬崖边摇摇欲坠？难道我们就不能问一下他？
9. When you stand on a firm shore, you can extend your arm to the man that is in quicksand.
   当你站在坚固的海岸上，你能伸手去救助处于流沙里的人。
10. Grylls willingly jumps into quicksand, icy lakes or roaring rapids to show how to survive a variety of circumstances.
    Grylls愿意一头扎进流沙、冰湖或者咆哮的急流中，来表现在不同的环境中怎样生存。
11. In consideration of construction period and cost, the article advocates that the combination of foundation pit support and concrete jacking can reach sound results for quicksand treatment.
    文章从工期和成本两方面进行分析，认为将基坑支护和人工挖孔桩的流砂治理相结合取得较好效果。
12. I led him into a quicksand.
    我把他领进流沙里。
13. It is as if we have fallen into quicksand, gotten stuck, and the only way we know to extricate ourselves is to struggle.
    似乎我们掉进了流沙中，被困住了，而我们知道能够出去的唯一办法就是挣扎。
14. You cannot help him by leaping into the quicksand with him, for surely both of you will go down, and he will not thank you.
    你不能通过跳进流沙的方式来帮助他，因为显然你们俩都会沉没，他也不会感谢你。
15. Control and Treatment of Quicksand in a High-rise Residence of Taiyuan
    太原某高层住宅楼流砂的控制与治理
16. He rescued him from the quicksand of affliction and suffering and set his feet on solid rock.
    上帝救他脱离痛苦与苦难的流砂，使他的脚立在磐石上。
17. The application of mixing pile blocking water curtain in managing deep bottom pit quicksand
    搅拌桩挡水帷幕在治理深基坑流沙中的应用
18. Is the quicksand of reason.
    虚荣心是吞噬理智的流沙。
19. It's like we're fighting in quicksand.
    好像我们在流沙中打仗。
20. Research of Static Correction Method in Complex Quicksand Area
    YA地区复杂流沙区静校正方法研究
21. Advancing deserts, severe mountain weather and tremors have all taken their toll. Time is a way slipping through one's finger like quicksand, however, something dearest and finest and the most precious will be in existence forever.
    不断延伸的沙漠、严酷的山地气候和地震在漫长的岁月中都起到了破坏作用，时间是指缝的流沙，流走岁月却也过滤出最珍贵、最美好、最深重的东西。
22. The farm was engulfed in drifting sands. Sand under quick condition is often called quicksand.
    该农场被流沙淹没了。通常把快速流动的沙叫做流砂。
23. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
    如果陷入流沙中的话，慢慢地举起腿，躺在背上就不会下沉。
24. The influences of seepage force on foundation pit quicksand are analyzed herein based on the features of groundwater seepage around the water tight screen in the pit.
    本文根据基坑防渗帷幕周围的地下水渗流特征，分析了渗流力对基坑流砂的影响，提出了按涌砂安全系数进行防渗帷幕埋入深度计算的方法。
25. Sand is of course loose soil but unless water logged will not act like quicksand in this regard.
    沙子当然是松散的泥土，但如果没有经受水涝的话，它们还不会变成流沙。
26. Ruffians, thugs, poison ivy, quicksand, Cannibals, and snakes, the plague, also large bugs, men with pointy teeth.
    流氓，暴徒，有毒的藤条，流沙，食人族，蛇，瘟疫，甚至大臭虫和有锋利牙齿的人。
27. Deep base pit; Quicksand; Remedial measure.
    深基坑；流砂；补救措施。
28. Application of Ditch Slope Pitching Method in Area with High Underground Water Table and Quicksand
    护砌管沟法在高水位流砂地段的应用
29. We might have to cross a swamp or quicksand.
    我们可能不得不穿过一片沼泽地或流沙区。
30. Sand layers under basement lane of Guangzhou New TV Tower have poor permeability, and quicksand and water gush during excavation.
    广州新电视塔地下室车道砂层透水性差，在土方开挖中遇到流砂、涌水等现象。

noun

1. a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down

2. a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy