morass
morass 英 [məˈræs] 美 [məˈræs, mɔ-]
n. 沼泽；困境；乱糟糟的一堆
名词复数:morasses
- A morass is a mushy, muddy patch of ground that you might find in a bog. In other words, it's something you probably don't want to get stuck in.
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- n. 沼泽；困境；乱糟糟的一堆
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1. But in the morass of all this minutiae, we seem to be missing the point.
但在一切细节的沼泽中，我们似乎漏掉了一点。
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2. Prisons and jails took some of the biggest cuts this summer when legislators cut their state budgets, trying to slash their way out of an economic morass exacerbated by dwindling tax revenues.
今年夏天，为了摆脱因税收缩水而更趋恶化的经济困境，州议员大砍州政府预算，有些监狱和拘留所的经费也大幅删减。
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3. Instead, there is a widening belief that the mess left behind by the housing bubble and financial crisis will be a morass to contend with for years.
相反，越来越多的人认为，房屋市场泡沫和金融危机造成的混乱将使我们在未来几年中与困境搏斗。
- 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" (from PIE root *mori- "body of water"). 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).
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