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

• 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。
• The funnelling effect of bays, estuaries and straits.
  海湾、河口和海峡形成的漏斗效应。
• Separated from mainland Canada by several straits, the island is actually the peak of a sunken mountain range.
  转载翻译部分请注明天涯东方猪。这座岛屿实际是一座沉没了山脉的顶峰，与加拿大本土相隔了几座海峡。
• 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。
• We have a Trilateral Strategic Dialogue with Japan and Australia, with Japan and South Korea, and we have informal arrangements guiding cooperation in the Straits of Malacca.
  我们与日本和澳大利亚、以及日本和韩国进行了三边战略对话。我们通过非正式磋商来指导在马六甲海峡地区的合作。
• This is the root cause of tension across the Taiwan Straits.
  这是造成台湾海峡局势紧张的根本原因。
• 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。
• Who was this governor of the Straits Settlements?
  谁是海峡殖民地当时的总督？
• 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。
• 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。