strait 六级雅思托福GRE专八

The Bering Strait separates Asia and America.

白令峡隔开了亚洲和美洲。

Now that father's lost his job, we're in dire straits.

父亲失业了, 我们陷入了极大困境。

She has been in great straits (financially) since her husband died.

自从她丈夫去世, 她(在经济方面)一直处困境。

The sea narrows into a strait.

变窄形成峡。

The company is in dire straits.

公司处极度困难境地。

We are one single mestizo race from Mexico to the Magellan Straits.

从墨西哥到麦哲伦峡我们是一个单独混血种族。

The nun took strait vows.

那位修女立下严格誓愿。

Yet the good ship ploughed straight on, unretarded by wind or wave, towards the straits of Bab-el-Mandeb.

但是，尽管是狂风怒吼，浪滔天，这艘轮船在强大机器推动下，却仍然毫不含糊地向曼德峡驶去。

Let them become as dust before the wind : and let the angel of the Lord straiten them.

我寻求了上主，他听了我祈求：由我受一切惊惶中，将我救出。

The fire in the grate looked impish-demoniacally funny, as if it did not care in the least about her strait.

壁炉里残火，张牙怒目，鬼头鬼脑，示对她窘迫，丝毫都不关心。

The US Department of Energy calls the Hormuz Strait, which links the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, “by far the world's most important oil chokepoint”.

美国能源部(DepartmentofEnergy)称，连接波斯湾、阿曼湾和阿拉伯霍尔木兹峡“无疑是全球最重要石油咽喉要道”。

To actualise this vision, many upscale tourists head for the $120-a-night 11)Hotel Nacional, which features $8 mojitos and a lovely terrace looking out over the Malecon and the Straits of Florida.

为了亲身体验这想象中情景，许多高消费层次游客住进了每晚120美元古巴国宾馆，其特色为8美元一杯莫吉托鸡尾酒和一个令人赏心悦目大露台，从那里可以俯瞰哈瓦那滨大道和弗罗里达峡。