at a pinch

at a pinch

美 　英

• na.在危急时
• 网络必要时；在紧要关头；不得已时

英汉解释

na.

1. 在危急时

英英解释

un.	1. if absolutely necessary, although preferably not 2. if it becomes necessary and you have no choice. The American expression is in a pinch

例句

The new man's people say everything, at a pinch, has taken place in a legal framework.

新总统的手下说紧要关头发生的一切都没逾越法律框架。

And the coxswain, Israel Hands, was a careful, wily, old, experienced seaman, who could be trusted at a pinch with almost anything.

而舵手伊斯莱尔·汉兹，是个细心的、足智多谋的、老练的。经验丰富的水手，在紧要时刻，几乎任何事情都可以放心地交给他做。

At a pinch you might trace the point about names back to Plato.

必要时你可以追溯到柏拉图的名字。

And at a pinch, he could probably turn to his friends in Beijing for a new loan.

如果有必要的话，他可能会因新一笔贷款而求助于在北京的朋友。

The Czechs could at a pinch turn to quantitative easing, but elsewhere the macroeconomic policy locker looks bare.

捷克人在紧要关头会实行量化宽松政策，但是在别处的宏观经济政策保护将会变得没有用处。

Morris is of those who can always get money at a pinch.

莫里斯这类人总能在必要的时候弄到钱。

AT least 6 people for the night AT a pinch.

必要时他们至少可以留宿六个人。

And educated Russian middle-class people, at a pinch, would support Mr. Medvedev over Mr. Putin.

另外，受过良好教育的俄罗斯中产阶级人士在必要时也会更支持梅德韦杰夫而非普京。

The point of a job becomes rather more basic : to feed and house (and , at a pinch , to educate ) one's family and oneself .

工作的目的变得更为原始：为他和他的家庭提供吃和住（必要时，还有教育）。

It's really my weekend off but at a pinch I could come in and help get the job finished.

那确是我的周末休息日，但如果有必要，我可以来帮着把这工作干完。

some equipment seen in pictures could at a pinch have civilian uses too.

照片上看到的部分设施也有可能用于民间的紧急使用。

They assumed that at a pinch they could always borrow funds and sell their assets.

他们认为，一旦到了紧要关头，自己总能够借到钱，能够出售资产。

At a pinch this can be used as a weapon.

必要时，这家伙可当武器用。

We really need three but we could manage with two at a pinch.

我们确实需要三个，但必要时两个也可以应付。

My generation can even do Twitter, at a pinch.

必要时，我们这代人甚至能上Twitter。

We can put up ten people for the night at a pinch.

必要时我们可以留宿十个人。

We can get six people round the table at a pinch.

必要时我们可以让六个人从在一桌。

Never trust a friend who deserts you at a pinch.

千万不要相信在危急时刻离你而去的朋友。