an area of soft, wet ground that you sink into if you try to walk on it沼泽地,泥潭
At the end of the game, the pitch was a real quagmire.在比赛最后阶段,场地变得一片泥泞。
a difficult and dangerous situation困境,危险的境地
Since the coup, the country has sunk deeper into a quagmire of violence and lawlessness.自政变以来,该国越来越陷入了一种暴力肆虐、法律缺失的境地。