be in a bind

基本解釋

• 左右為難

英漢例句

雙語(yǔ)例句

• Without it, "we would really be in a bind," says his mother, Janet.
  他的母親珍妮特說(shuō)，要不是這樣的話，“我們真的就陷入困境了?！?/li>
• But even if workers expected inflation to let rip, they would be in a bind.
  但是即使工人預(yù)期通脹會(huì)失控，他們?nèi)詿o(wú)能為力。
• If a fuel-efficiency bill reaches his desk, Bush could be in a bind--caught between auto lobbyists (his chief of staff used to be one) and his concern for energy security.
  如果一份有關(guān)燃料效率的議案送到布什的案頭，他會(huì)進(jìn)退兩難——夾在汽車(chē)企業(yè)的說(shuō)客（他的參謀長(zhǎng)就是其中一個(gè)）和自己對(duì)能源安全問(wèn)題的擔(dān)憂中間。

權(quán)威例句

• If it were to get to the Supreme Court, the justices there would be caught in a bind.
  ECONOMIST: Curse of the hanging chads The
• South Koreans are only now waking up to the scale of the problem, stunned that their country could be in such a bind.
  ECONOMIST: South Korea’s meltdown

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