straits
英 [streɪts] 美 [streɪts]

n.

困境，窘迫；海峡( strait的名词复数 )；窘迫；困难艰苦；

英英释义

straits[ streits ]

• n.
  • a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

    同义词：passstrait

  • a difficult juncture

    同义词：passhead

词组短语

dire straits恐怖海峡（英国一乐队）

straits times（新加坡）海峡时报

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. These students are in serious financial straits.
   这些学生经济上十分困难。
2. Now the medical system in America is in desperate straits, he says.
   他说，目前美国的医疗系统正处于严重困难之中。
3. The exit of a venture capitalist can be painful for some start-ups, which are left in uncertain straits since their backer is gone.
   对一些初创企业来说，风险投资家抽身而去给他们带来了痛苦，由于支持它们的风险投资家离去，它们会置身于充满不确定性的窘境。
4. The report is upbeat about the US remaining popular, with a combination of the Obama Effect and the US's own dire economic straits could mean it remains a significant destination.
   这份报告乐观的认为美国游继续流行，由于奥巴马效应和美国自身可怕的金融窘境结合后美国仍将是重要的目的地。

权威例句

Knowledge hubs along the Straits of Malacca
The History of Straits around the Japanese Islands in the Late-Quaternary
On the Physical Oceanography of the Turkish Straits
On the Physical Oceanography of the Turkish Straits
Money for nothing: The dire straits of medical practice in Delhi, India
Weaker Gulf Stream in the Florida Straits during the Last Glacial Maximum
The role of straits and channels in understanding the characteristics of Mediterranean circulation
The Tsushima Warm Current through Tsushima Straits Estimated from Ferryboat ADCP Data
Experiments with computer-simulated microworlds: Escaping both the narrow straits of the laboratory and the deep blue sea of the fie...
Crustal motion along the Eurasia-Nubia boundary in the Calabrian Arc and Sicily and active extension in the Messina Straits from GPS...