miasma

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

As time went on, his ambition to be part of the U.S. Supreme Court faded in a miasma of alcohol and despair. 随着时间的推移，他要跻身美国最高法院的雄心壮志在酒精和绝望中消逝。