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

  1. 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 a strait or the 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
  2. N-PLURAL (通常指因缺钱造成的)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.
    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。

双语例句

  1. The captain was not willing to risk taking his ship through the straits in such bad weather.
    船长不愿意在这样恶劣的天气里冒险将船驶过海峡。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
  5. 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。
  6. 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。
  7. Articles on Navigation through the Territorial Sea and Straits
    关于领海和海峡通航的条款
  8. 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。
  9. The straits of Gibraltar lies between Europe and Africa.
    直布罗陀海峡位于欧洲和非洲之间。
  10. 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。
  11. The waters of eastern Bohai Straits is the only route for vessels entering or leaving Bohai Sea Gulf.
    渤海海峡以东海域是船舶进出渤海湾的必经之路。
  12. 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。
  13. The world bank and other donors demand more cash to lend to developing countries in dire straits.
    世界银行(worldbank)和其它捐赠组织需要更多现金,以贷款给那些陷入严重困境的发展中国家。
  14. 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。
  15. 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。
  16. 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。
  17. Personnel, economic and cultural exchanges across the Taiwan Straits have kept increasing.
    海峡两岸人员往来和经济文化交流不断加强。
  18. 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。
  19. Freedom of passage through strategic straits was jeopardized.
    在战略性海峡通过的自由地遭到了破坏。
  20. As it is, the North is in desperate economic straits.
    实际上,朝鲜正处于令人绝望的经济困境中。
  21. Who was this governor of the Straits Settlements?
    谁是海峡殖民地当时的总督?
  22. The funnelling effect of bays, estuaries and straits.
    海湾、河口和海峡形成的漏斗效应。
  23. Thus the Seventh Fleet invaded the Taiwan Straits and the U.S. 13th Air Force set up base in Taiwan.
    美国第七舰队侵入了台湾海峡,美国第十三航空队进驻了台湾。
  24. 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。
  25. 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。
  26. The man was in great straits.
    那人遭遇了大困难。
  27. 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。
  28. The Straits of Gibraltar have not lost their strategic importance.
    直布罗陀海峡尚未丧失其战略上的重要地位。
  29. 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。
  30. Rules and recommendations on navigation through the straits;
    黑海海峡航行规则和建议;

英英释义

noun

  1. a difficult juncture
    1. a pretty pass
    2. matters came to a head yesterday

    Synonym:    passhead

  2. a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

      Synonym:    passstrait