| 词汇 | miasma |
| 释义 | miasma noun[ C ] literaryuk /miˈæz.mə/ us /miˈæz.mə/ miasmanoun[C] (FOG)an unpleasant fog that smells bad: 臭气，瘴气 A miasma of pollution hung in the air above Mexico City.污染形成的瘴气弥漫在墨西哥城的上空。 Precipitation: clouds, dew, fog & steam billow brume chemtrail cirrus cloudily cloudlessly haze haze over lowering misty moisture nimbus overcast pall Scotch mist steam (something) up steamily sub-visible vapour trail vog miasmanoun[C] (UNPLEASANT FEELING)a very unpleasant general feeling or character of a situation or place: 不良气氛 After he lost his job, he sank into a miasma of poverty and despair.失业后，他渐渐陷入贫困与绝望之中。 Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences a hard/tough row to hoeidiom abyss adversity at your worstidiom Augean bad hair day epidemic half nelson hardness have a bumpy rideidiom pall prison purgatory push factor quagmire quicksand scrape strait the Augean Stablesidiom the hard wayidiom Examples of miasmamiasma There was a miasma of misunderstanding then, and there is a similar miasma of misunderstanding today about our present position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In cases such as that, a miasma of perceived guilt will attach to the accused. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Amendments were either not moved or were withdrawn on that basis under what appears to have been an inevitable miasma of confusion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are in a sort of miasma, a fog. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By what miasma of the mind is it regarded as a proper fine today? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is there to be more mystification and dressing up of economic facts in a miasma of words? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My statement was that this clause is a miasma of foggy verbiage, because the phraseology is loose and inaccurate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is in a sort of miasma to know at all times how he is getting it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 More and more would contract out if the right to do so was not so wrapped in a miasma of obscurity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What few new lettings exist are obscured by a miasma of confidentiality clauses concealing the real market rent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of that, what we have experienced is a miasma of disparagement over those years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A land fit for heroes has become a mere miasma; and the two millions who are disabled are forgotten. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The miasma that surrounds the question of trade union representation of bank and insurance employees must be dissipated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is the thing that spreads itself like a dread miasma throughout the lives of our people—want, poverty, unemployment, machinery standing idle, commodities being destroyed? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He left us in a complete miasma and muddle of arithmetical calculations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of miasma These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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