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单词 cleft stick
释义
cleft stick
noun
UK
uk
/ˌkleft ˈstɪk/us
/ˌkleft ˈstɪk/
be in a cleft stick
to be in asituationwhere it is verydifficulttodecidewhat to do, usually because both ofyourtwochoicesofactionwouldcauseproblems:
进退维谷，左右为难；陷于窘境
UNtroopsare in acleftstick: something has to be done for thecivilianpopulation,yettoretaliatewouldsurelybe thesparktoigniteall-outwar.联合国军队进退两难：为了平民不得不采取行动，可是还击势必会引发全面战争。
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(Definition ofcleft stickfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcleft stick

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Derbyshire county council is placed in something of acleftstickin relation to applications that it receives.
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They calculated very shrewdly—we had better face this—that they had got both political parties in acleftstick.
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My constituents and the young man found themselves in acleftstick.
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He said he was in acleftstick.
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It seems to me that he may find himself in acleftstick.
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This means that they are completely tied to the one merchant, absolutely in acleftstick.
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However, in those days communications were by means of a message carried in acleftstickand the carriers ran along the roads.
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On that matter we have been in something of acleftstick.
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If events make it, as they may, impossible for you to implement that undertaking, then you are in acleftstick.
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The authority is in acleftstick, because it can only improve one area to the detriment of another.
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The trouble is that in this matter we are in acleftstick.
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But here we are in acleftstick.
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The family is caught in acleftstick.
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He called it acleftstickbut it is the thin end of the wedge.
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While the hop growers and the brewers have reached absolute unanimity with regard to the scheme, the brewers found themselves in acleftstick.
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