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

• Rules and recommendations on navigation through the straits;
  黑海海峡航行规则和建议；
• The Straits of Gibraltar are the strategic passage between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.
  直布罗陀海峡是地中海通向大西洋的咽喉。
• Foundationalism falls into straits of solving epistemic regress problem which brings about another main theory directly Coherentism.
  基础主义在解决知识回溯问题上陷入了困境，这直接导致了另一种重要的替代理论&一致主义的产生。
• These attacks are still a regular occurrence today in the Malacca Straits and the South China Sea.
  这些袭击事件仍然经常发生今天在马六甲海峡和南方的中国海。
• Who was this governor of the Straits Settlements?
  谁是海峡殖民地当时的总督？
• 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。
• Articles on Navigation through the Territorial Sea and Straits
  关于领海和海峡通航的条款
• Penang was one of the three Straits Settlements under British rule along with Malacca and Singapore.
  槟城是三个海峡殖民地英国统治下与马六甲海峡和新加坡。
• The American economy remains in dire straits, with one worker in six unemployed or underemployed.
  美国经济仍深陷困境，每六个劳工就有一个失业或未充分就业。
• 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。