苦境 — meaning in English

English meaning

• quagmire noun An area of soft, wet, boggy ground that traps anything that steps into it.
• strait noun A narrow stretch of water that connects two larger seas or bodies of water.

Senses

苦境 is used for these senses in English:

• quagmire (figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.
• strait (often, in the plural) A difficult position.

quagmire — full definition

1. noun An area of soft, wet, boggy ground that traps anything that steps into it.
2. noun A complicated, difficult situation that is hard to escape from.

strait — full definition

1. noun A narrow stretch of water that connects two larger seas or bodies of water.
2. noun A difficult or distressing situation (usually plural: "dire straits").

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