snake pit
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
- A pit filled with snakes.
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Any institution (such as a school, prison, hospital, etc.) run in an inept or inhumane way, or full of hostile or treacherous people.
— Her friends try to persuade her, even fool her, into taking her medication; when she refuses, they try to commit her. She leaves for Ireland, where she has scheduled a speaking tour. There, she is arrested and incarcerated in a real snake-pit: the Our Lady of Clare rest home. And as she tries to figure out how to get out she realizes […]
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