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小词详解 | mire
mire 英 [ˈmaɪə(r)] 美 [ˈmaɪər]
Israel itself is not only mired in conflict in the Palestinian territories, but riven by internal divisions between observant and secular Jews and between Jews and Arabs.
以色列自身不但深陷在巴勒斯坦地区的冲突中,而且国内犹太教徒与非教徒、犹太人与阿拉伯人之间分歧严重。
——《经济学人》For the 26-year-old farmer whose family was mired in debt, it was cans of Red Bull.
对那名家庭陷入债务困境的26岁农民来说,这是几罐红牛。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 使某人或某事陷入(困境)
有两个人在泥潭中挣扎。
Two men are floundering about in the mire.在泥泞不堪的田间工作的累活
the fatigue of working in the fields thick with mire
陷入感情的泥淖之中不能自拔
wallow in an emotional mire
融化的冰雪将使道路和田野变成一片泥沼。
The thaw will mire roads and fields.陷入负债的困境
be mired in debt
孩子们弄得浑身尽是污泥。
The children were mired from head to toe.被弄得声名狼藉
be mired with infamy
国家积贫积弱、人民贫困如洗,是旧中国留给世人的深刻印象。
In the past, the world knew an old, weak China mired in poverty, its people living in dire misery.
entangle: involve (someone) in difficulties or complicated circumstances from which it is difficult to escape embroil: involve (someone) deeply in an argument, conflict, or difficult situation enmesh: involve (someone) in a difficult situation from which it is hard to escape