miasma

1. N-VAR You can describe something bad or confused that seems to be in the air all around you as a miasma. 瘴氣[文學性]

As time went on, his ambition to be part of the U.S. Supreme Court faded in a miasma of alcohol and despair. 隨著時間的推移，他要躋身美國最高法院的雄心壯志在酒精和絕望中消逝。