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

• 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。
• Articles on Navigation through the Territorial Sea and Straits
  关于领海和海峡通航的条款
• 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。
• The straits of Gibraltar lies between Europe and Africa.
  直布罗陀海峡位于欧洲和非洲之间。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The funnelling effect of bays, estuaries and straits.
  海湾、河口和海峡形成的漏斗效应。
• Rules and recommendations on navigation through the straits;
  黑海海峡航行规则和建议；