morass

• n.沼；苦境；厄介な山

プロト?ゲルマン語の *mari、湖、海から、語源的には moor、沼地、海洋と同じ、すなわち湖のような、後に湿地帯、沼地を指すのに使われる。語源的には苦境を意味する。

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" (see mere (n.)). 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).

1. I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.

絶望的な苦境から抜け出そうとした。

2.Mathematical knowledge was certain and offered a secure foothold in a morass .

数学の知識は間違いなく確定して、それは人々に沼の上で1つの穏当な足場を提供した。

3.EXAMPLE：During the rainy season the valley became an impassible morass .

雨季の谷は通行不能な沼になった。

4.The bookare written off as a morass of stuff and nonsense.

これらはすべてでたらめだ。

5.But the real worry is the thickening morass of indirect debt.

しかし、本当に心配なのは間接債務ドロ沼の肥厚である。