morass
n
(usu sing 通常作單數)
1 stretch of low soft wet land; marsh 沼澤.
2 ~ (of sth) (fig 比喻) thing that confuses people or prevents progress 困擾人或阻礙進步的事物; 困境
a morass of confusion, doubt, despair, etc 困惑、 懷疑、 絕望等的境地
be caught up in, bogged down in, floundering in a morass of bureaucratic procedures 掉進、 陷入、 掙扎在官僚主義繁文縟節的泥淖中.