英语词汇“bog down”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

词汇

bog down

释义

Idiom

bog down

Theme: DIMINISHING

to slow down; to become stuck.

The project bogged down because of so much red tape.We bog down every year at this time because many of our workers go on vacation.

Idiom

bog downbog down (someone/something)

to cause someone or something to stop developing or moving forward.

The film bogs down after a really great beginning.

Etymology: based on the idea of being trapped in a bog (= area of soft, wet earth)

Phr V

bog down

bogs, bogging, bogged

be bogged down

(always passive) to become so involved in something that you cannot do anything elseoften + in

Try to look at the article as a whole and not get too bogged down in the details.

bog down (sth) or bog (sth) down

American if an activity bogs down, or if something bogs down an activity, it is prevented from making progressoften + in

The discussion gradually bogged down in questions about voting procedures.The extra paperwork will bog down the whole project.

phrasebog down1. get/become bogged down to become so involved in dealing with something, especially small details or less important things, that you cannot make progress or do the main thing that you want to do+ over Let's not get bogged down over small details. The peace talks became bogged down over arguments about whether the terrorists should be allowed to keep their weapons.+ in The French were losing territory, but they did not want to become bogged down in another Asian land war.2. bog down sth • bog sth down • bog down AmE to make something move, work, or happen less quickly and easily: Snow and freezing rain have been bogging down traffic on Connecticut roads this week. Bitter disputes between political parties have bogged the bill down in Congress.

bog down

To slow down or burden someone or something. (A bog is an area of wet, muddy ground that it is difficult to walk through.) Don't bog down your brother with more suggestions—his paper is due tomorrow, so he needs to commit to a topic and just write about it! We were hoping to open the restaurant by the holidays, but we've gotten bogged down with regulations and permits.

bogged down

Burdened or impeded by something. (A bog is an area of wet, muddy land that it is difficult to walk through.) Try not to get bogged down in the details of this project—we're looking for speed more than accuracy.

bog down

to become encumbered and slow. (As if one were walking through a bog and getting stuck in the mud. Often preceded by a form of get.) The process bogged down and almost stopped. The truck got bogged down in the mud soon after it started.

*bogged down

stuck; prevented from making progress. (*Typically: be ~; get ~; become ~.) The students became bogged down with the algebra problems. The Smiths really got bogged down in decorating their house.

bog down

Become stuck, be unable to progress, as in Their research bogged down because they lacked the laboratory expertise. This expression transfers sinking into the mud of a swamp to being hampered or halted. [First half of 1900s]

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