straits

英 [streɪts]

美 [streɪts]

n.  海峡; (联结两大水域的)水道; (尤指经济拮据引起的)困境，境况窘迫
strait的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 海峡;(连接两大海域的)水道
  You can refer to a narrow strip of sea which joins two large areas of sea as astraitorthe straits.
  1. An estimated 1600 vessels pass through the strait annually.
     估计每年有 1,600 艘船通过该海峡。
  2. ...the Straits of Gibraltar.
     直布罗陀海峡
• N-PLURAL (通常指因缺钱造成的)困境，窘迫
  If someone isindire or desperatestraits, they are in a very difficult situation, usually because they do not have much money.
  1. If we had a child, we'd be in really dire straits...
     假如我们有了小孩，我们会真正陷入困境。
  2. The company's closure has left many small businessmen in desperate financial straits.
     该公司的倒闭让很多小商人陷入了经济困境。

英英释义

noun

• a difficult juncture
  1. a pretty pass
  2. matters came to a head yesterday
  Synonym:passhead
• a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
  Synonym:passstrait

双语例句

• China is the common homeland of compatriots on both sides of the straits.
  中国是两岸同胞的中国，是两岸同胞的共同家园。
• We are one single mestizo race from Mexico to the Magellan Straits.
  从墨西哥到麦哲伦海峡我们是一个单独的混血种族。
• He had sailed through the Straits of Magellan and he told her stories of the terrible Patagonians.
  他曾经穿过了麦哲伦海峡，他给她讲可怕的巴塔丹尼亚印地安人的故事。
• Rules and recommendations on navigation through the straits;
  黑海海峡航行规则和建议；
• If we had a child, we'd be in really dire straits
  假如我们有了小孩，我们会真正陷入困境。
• Now that father's lost his job, we're in serious straits.
  父亲失业了，我们现在经济十分拮据。
• Who was this governor of the Straits Settlements?
  谁是海峡殖民地当时的总督？
• The man was in great straits.
  那人遭遇了大困难。
• You may have heard that a few manufacturers have fallen into dire straits.
  你可能听说过一些厂商已陷入困境。
• They have occupied our Taiwan and the Taiwan Straits and are contemplating an atomic war.
  他们侵占中国的台湾和台湾海峡，还想发动原子战争。