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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The funnelling effect of bays, estuaries and straits.
  海湾、河口和海峡形成的漏斗效应。