straits

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 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.

He was in great straits for money.

他手头极拮据.

The plane ferried passengers across the straits in half an hour.

飞机用半小时就把旅客运过了海峡.

But memories of her early straits had made her excessively thrifty.

然而,由于对昔日的艰苦岁月记忆犹新,她生活过分检朴.

The ship cleared the straits.

船已驶出海峡.

The company'sclosure 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。

These students are in serious financial straits.

这些学生经济上十分困难.

The man was in great straits.

那人遭遇了大困难.

The company is in dire straits.

公司处于极度困难的境地.

We were indeed in dire straits. But we pulled through.

那时我们的困难真是大极了, 但是我们渡过了困难.

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 straits of Dover lie between France and England.

多佛海峡位于英法之间.

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。

It is dangerous to cross the straits in such weather.

在这种天气过海峡是危险的.