bog down
bog down — phrasal verb
- bog downbase form
- bogs down3rd person singular
- bogging down-ing form
- bogged downpast simple
1. to slow or stop someone or something from moving forward, usually because there
to slow or stop someone or something from moving forward, usually because there are too many small problems or details to deal with
The new road project got bogged down in arguments about money.
passive: be bogged down in [problem]
Don't let yourself bog down in tiny details before you finish the first draft.
bog down in + noun for losing momentum
Renata's team bogged down halfway through the report and missed the deadline.
Peace talks between the two sides have bogged down again over border lines.
Too many emails can bog down even the most organised worker.
- speed up
make faster, the opposite of being slowed
- streamline
remove the small problems that cause the slowdown
文法句型
be bogged down in something
bog down + in/with
用法筆記
Most often used in the passive ('be/get bogged down'), with the cause introduced by 'in', 'with', or 'over'. The thing slowed is usually a plan, project, or discussion rather than a physical object.
常見錯誤
2. to make a heavy vehicle sink into soft, wet ground so that it cannot move, or to
to make a heavy vehicle sink into soft, wet ground so that it cannot move, or to become stuck in this way
Heavy rain bogged the tractor down in the muddy field for two days.
transitive: bog [vehicle] down in [mud]
Vikram's truck bogged down in soft sand near the riverbank.
The army tanks were bogged down in deep snow on the mountain pass.
Wet clay bogged the bus down before it reached the village.
- free
pull the vehicle out of the mud
文法句型
be bogged down in [mud/snow]
bog down + in
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this literal sense always involves a real vehicle and physical wet ground (mud, sand, snow), while sense 1 is about plans or work being slowed by problems.