在: (located) at, (to be) in, to exist, in the middle of doing sth, (indicating an action in progress)...
让: to yield, to permit, to let sb do sth, to have sb do sth, to make sb (feel sad etc), by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like )...
紧紧: closely, tightly...
描绘: to describe, to portray...
话筒: microphone, (telephone) receiver, handset...
泥潭: quagmire...
最: most, the most, -est (superlative suffix)...
研究: research, a study, to research, to look into...
墨: ink stick, China ink, corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead...
核实: to verify, to check...