strait 高考六级GREGMAT

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

自从她丈夫去世, 她(在经济方面)一直处于境。

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

父亲失业了, 我们陷入了大的境。

The company is in dire straits.

公司处于难的境地。

The sea narrows into a strait.

海变窄形成海峡。

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，海浪滔天，这艘轮船在强大的机器推动下，却仍然毫不含糊地向曼德海峡驶去。

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

壁炉里的残火，张牙怒目，鬼头鬼脑，仿佛表示对于她的窘迫，丝毫都不关心。