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单词 strait
释义
strait
noun
uk
/streɪt/us
/streɪt/

straitnoun(WATER)

[Cusually plural]
anarrowareaofseathatconnectstwolargerareasofsea:
海峡
the Straits of Gibraltar直布罗陀海峡
picture of strait
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Bays & gulfs
  • arm
  • basin
  • bay
  • channel
  • cove
  • gulf
  • Hudson Bay
  • inlet
  • lagoon
  • narrows
  • sea coast
  • sound
  • the Bay of Bengal
  • the Bay of Fundy
  • the Gulf of Mexico
  • the Persian Gulf

straitnoun(DIFFICULTY)

straits[plural]
adifficultsituation,especiallybecause offinancialproblems:
（尤指财务问题导致的）窘境，困境
So manycompaniesareinsuchdire/difficultstraits thattheirpriceshave comerightdown.许多公司财务状况极为窘迫，导致其股价直线下跌。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
  • a hard/tough row to hoeidiom
  • abyss
  • adversity
  • atyourworstidiom
  • Augean
  • bad hair day
  • emergence
  • epidemic
  • genie
  • half nelson
  • hardness
  • have a bumpy rideidiom
  • quicksand
  • rabbit hole
  • reversal
  • rigour
  • rollercoaster
  • the Augean Stablesidiom
  • the hard wayidiom
  • vortex
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(Definition ofstraitfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

strait| American Dictionary

strait
noun[C]
us
/streɪt/
anarrowareaofwaterthatconnectstwolargerareasofwater:
The straitliesbetween the Atlantic Ocean and theMediterraneanSea.
(Definition ofstraitfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstrait

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To be sure, not everyone in the tory leadership felt that they were in such dire straits.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Piece by piece the blank areas of the polar chart were filled in: discernible features - capes, bays, and navigable straits - gradually replaced fantastical sea-beasts and magnetic mountains.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I believe that to be of crucial importance, certainly in cases where operators are in dire financial straits, as many currently are.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
He described institutions in ruin, an economy in dire straits.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
She is in dire straits and unable to make ends meet.
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Is it not true that at the moment it is in dire financial straits, and not making a profit?
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Here, lacking a sense of purpose, desolate and frightened, they seek those in similar straits since the option of family support is no longer there.
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I think it is a great thing that both sides of the straits are following our debate today.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Meanwhile, engineering is increasingly enabling us to build tunnels under cities, under protected areas of outstanding natural beauty and under sea straits.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We have reduced the amount of foreign tonnage coming to this country, and, consequently, our straits have become more severe.
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They are admitted to be in bad straits.
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Not even in the direst straits would a firm stop paying the insurance premium on its fire policy.
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Constituencies, like mine are in desperate straits, and the tranquillity of which we have heard will be dispelled so far as we are concerned.
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An illustration of the extraordinary straits to which the labourers are driven is to hand in the action of the boards of-guardians.
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We have not at any rate been reduced to such desperate straits as that in our discussions.
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Collocationswithstrait

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desperate straits
On the other hand, there are highly subsidised areas, the 'enclaves of poverty', zones of social-economic degradation where indigenous peoples may be in desperate straits.
From theCambridge English Corpus
dire straits
To be sure, not everyone in the tory leadership felt that they were in such dire straits.
From theCambridge English Corpus
economic straits
This child was born of a legitimate union, and was given up when the mother was left alone and in dire economic straits.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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