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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Rules and recommendations on navigation through the straits;
  黑海海峡航行规则和建议；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Articles on Navigation through the Territorial Sea and Straits
  关于领海和海峡通航的条款