| 释义 |
〔bombast〕"They flounder about between fustian in expression, and bathos in sentiment" (William Hazlitt). “他们陷入在口头上夸夸其谈，在感情上矫柔造作的泥潭之中” （威廉·哈兹里特）。〔mire〕An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a bog.泥沼：潮湿的、浸水的、泥泞的一块地区；一片泥潭〔mire〕To sink or become stuck in mire.陷入或陷进泥潭〔quicksand〕"This theory of the future entrapped[them] in the quicksands of Vietnam" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)“这一关于未来的理论使［他们］ 掉进了越南这个泥潭之中” (小阿瑟M.施莱辛格) |