straits的中文翻譯是什麼意思

straits

US/streɪts/
UK/streɪts/

n. 困境,窘迫; 海峽( strait的名詞複數 ); 窘迫; 困難; 艱苦

straits柯林斯釋義

N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES海峽;(連線兩大海域的)水道

You can refer to a narrow strip of sea which joins two large areas of sea as a strait or the straits .

  • An estimated 1600 vessels pass through the strait annually.

    估計每年有 1,600 艘船透過該海峽。

  • ...the Straits of Gibraltar.

    直布羅陀海峽

N-PLURAL(通常指因缺錢造成的)困境,窘迫

If someone is in dire or desperate straits, they are in a very difficult situation, usually because they do not have much money.

  • If we had a child, we'd be in really dire straits...

    假如我們有了小孩,我們會真正陷入困境。

  • The company's closure has left many small businessmen in desperate financial straits.

    該公司的倒閉讓很多小商人陷入了經濟困境。

straits英文釋義

Noun

1. a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

    2. a difficult juncture;

    • a pretty pass
    • matters came to a head yesterday

    straits場景例句

    If we had a child, we'd be in really dire straits.

    假如我們有了小孩,我們會真正陷入困境。

    The company'sclosure has left many small businessmen in desperate financial straits.

    該公司的倒閉讓很多小商人陷入了經濟困境。

    The company is in dire straits.

    公司處於極度困難的境地.

    The Straits of Gibraltar are the strategic passage between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.

    直布羅陀海峽是地中海通向大西洋的咽喉.

    The captain was not willing to risk taking his ship through the straits in such bad weather.

    船長不願意在這樣惡劣的天氣裡冒險將船駛過海峽。

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