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

• 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 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。
• The funnelling effect of bays, estuaries and straits.
  海湾、河口和海峡形成的漏斗效应。
• The man was in great straits.
  那人遭遇了大困难。
• The straits of Gibraltar lies between Europe and Africa.
  直布罗陀海峡位于欧洲和非洲之间。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。