morass

1. N-COUNT If you describe an unpleasant or confused situation as a morass, you mean that it seems impossible to escape from or resolve, because it has become so serious or so complicated. 困境; 一團(tuán)亂麻[usu sing, with supp, oft N 'of' n]

I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair. 我試圖把自己從絕望的困境中拉出來。

...the economic morass. ...經(jīng)濟(jì)混亂。