morass
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mo·rass /məˈræs/ noun 1 [singular]COMPLICATED a complicated and confusing situation that is very difficult to get out of 困境；陷阱 We’re trying to drag the country out of its economic morass. 我们在尽力使国家摆脱经济困境。morass of They were stuck in a morass of paperwork. 他们被大量的文书工作缠住了。2. [countable] literaryALSG a dangerous area of soft wet ground 泥淖，沼泽 SYN marsh
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morass• the state's budget morass• Some genuinely want to help him out of the current morass.• The legal system flounders in its own morass of indefensible defendants, incoherent witnesses, and injudicious jurists.• And a newly recognized disorder serves to show how one comes to be recognized amid the psychiatric morass.• Sara felt slightly sick, but there was no point in wading deeper into the morass.• The morass in Washington has gained even greater attention as bond investors have little economic news on which to focus.• Art historians have generally been reluctant to venture into this morass of styles and terms.morass of• a morass of detailOrigin morass (1600-1700) Dutch moeras, from Old French marescmo·rass nounChineseSyllable
to complicated situation that is a difficult very and Corpus confusing
morass
mo‧rass /məˈræs/
noun
We’re trying to drag the country out of its economic morass.
morass of
They were stuck in a morass of paperwork.
2. [countable] literary a dangerous area of soft wet ground
SYN marsh
mo‧rass /məˈræs/
noun Date: 1600-1700
Language: Dutch
Origin: moeras, from Old French maresc
1. [singular] a complicated and confusing situation that is very difficult to get out of:Language: Dutch
Origin: moeras, from Old French maresc
morass of
2. [countable] literary a dangerous area of soft wet ground
SYN marsh