strait
美 [streɪt] 
英 [streɪt]
- n.海峡；（连结两大水域的）水道；境况窘迫
- adj.窄；【圣】严格的；窘迫的
- 网络困难；困境；地峡
词形变化
复数：straits 同义词
英汉双解
1. | [pl] 海峡；（连结两大水域的）水道a narrow passage of water that connects two seas or large areas of water |
| the Strait(s) of Gibraltar 直布罗陀海峡 |
2. | [pl] （尤指经济拮据引起的）困境，境况窘迫a very difficult situation especially because of lack of money |
| The factory is in dire straits . 工厂岌岌可危。 |
| She found herself in desperate financial straits. 她发觉自己经济状况极为窘迫。 |
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例句
This ship sails through the Strait of Gibraltar, where the water is often rough.
船航行经过直布罗陀海峡，那儿的海上常用风暴。
He said the mainland would promote direct transport and communications links across the Taiwan Strait.
他说，大陆将促进两岸的直接通航和通信联系。
The Princeton Ocean Model (POM) has been used to simulate tidal wave distribution and pollutant diffusion in the Taiwan Strait.
本文将普林斯顿海洋模型（POM）应用于台湾海峡潮波形态分布及污染物扩散场的数值计算。
This cross-strait drama is now in a tense new phase, played out with dramatic effect in recent weeks.
这海峡两岸的剧本呈现新的绷紧的阶段，在最近几周，有戏剧性的演出。
"We firmly believe that our arms sales to Taiwan contribute to the maintenance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, " she said.
她说：“我们坚信，我们的对台军售会促进台湾海峡两岸的和平与稳定。”
Good King Richard was stranded in a battle on a far away strait and no one knew when he would return. Someone had to defend the kingdom.
好国王理查在一次遥远的海峡之战中被困住了，谁也不知道他什么时候能回来，得有人出来保护王国。
More momentous for citizens on both sides of the strait was the agreement that opened the door to group tours from the mainland.
对于海峡两岸的民众而言，更加具有重大意义的是对大陆旅游团开放门户的协议。
"Tide of cross-strait width, the wind is Yifan hanging" , the company will move to set the goal of steady development!
“潮平两岸阔，风正一帆悬”，公司将朝着即定的目标稳步发展！
What seems to be the problem is the unification between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.
问题似乎是在台湾海峡两岸之间的统一。
After four years of editing, the cross-strait Chinese dictionary can be expanded to a cloud language information platform.
历经四年的编纂，两岸中华大辞典可扩充至云端语言知识平台。
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。
These sheets sequester a great deal of water, causing sea levels to plunge and exposing the land bridge across the Bering Strait.
冰原消耗了大量的水分，海平面迅速下降，横跨白令海峡的大陆桥浮出水面。
Fujian Province, a coastal area along the Taiwan Strait, was one of the hardest-hit areas.
福建省，处在台湾海峡的沿岸地带，是遭受重创最严重的地区之一。
We are not yet in such a strait that it can be said Munro is too much pressed to discharge the little domestic duties of his own family.
我们的处境还没有落到这样紧迫的地步，我孟罗连对自己的家务尽点责任都不可能了。
In terms of above analysis on the concept of regime, this paper defined the meaning of Cross-strait economic cooperation regime.
根据上述关于机制概念的分析，界定了两岸经济合作机制的内涵。
Considering the political situation across the Taiwan Strait we are easy to accept this classification.
考量两岸的政治局势，这种分类方式最符合我们的认知。
After rounds of negotiations, flight, shipping and postal services across the strait were realized, but all had to go through a third place.
在谈判，飞行，运送和邮政跨过的回合以后海峡被变卖赢利，但是所有的必须剩下的通过第三第三名。
A framed satellite image of the Bering Strait that separates Alaska from Russia like a thread hangs from his office wall.
框式卫星图像的白令海峡隔开阿拉斯加来自俄罗斯就像一个线程挂起由他的办公室墙上。
Beijing and Washington must not waste this opportunity to put the triangular Taiwan Strait relationship on a path of declining tension.
北京和华盛顿绝不能浪费这个机会，减轻台海三方关系的紧张。
"We don't need China's permission to go through the Taiwan Strait; it's international waters, " he said.
我们通过台湾海峡不需要得到中国批准，那里属于国际海域。
The strait she was in through pride and shrewishness could not be disguised longer.
骄傲和泼悍使她进退两难，她再也无法掩饰了。
Our ship is cleaving her way through the strait.
我们的船正乘风破浪通过海峡。
What a strait he was in!
他的地位有多窘啊！
Since the time of sailing, Air Macau has been transporting passengers across the Taiwan Strait plays a crucial role.
自从开航之时，澳门航空一直在海峡两岸运送旅客的过程中扮演了至关重要的角色。
Finding a way through the maze of channels of the strait was a brilliant piece of navigation and evidence of Magellan 's genius.
发现海峡水道迷宫的航线是航海史上辉煌的一页，也是证明麦哲伦天才的有力证据。
Mr. Ma's spokesman said the visit will be "humanitarian and religious" in nature and should not affect cross-Strait ties.
马英九的发言人说，访问是基于“人道与宗教考量”，不应影响海峡两岸的关系。
Singapore seems to have gone from strait-laced container port to gambling mecca in one bound.
新加坡似乎已从一个传统的集装箱港口城市一跃成为了赌徒们的圣地。
The strait's status in turn affected ocean currents, which affected the rate of ice sheet melting during the last glacial period.
在上次冰河时代，白令海峡这种周期性的开闭，影响了洋流，进而影响冰盖融化的速度。
But the Golden Gate Bridge was not named for its orange color. It was named for the body of water that it crosses, the Golden Gate Strait.
但是金门大桥不是因为它的橙色而得名，它的名字来自它跨越的水体，金门海峡。
Usually he walked around threatening the sick men with a strait jacket which he always carried over his arm.
通常他总是转来转去，手臂上搭着一件拘束衣，对病员们虎视眈眈。
It occurred to my uncle that trams slipping on rails and ferries sailing across the strait where seagulls flew would be needed badly.
我叔叔就想到，在轨道上滑行的电车和在有海鸥飞翔地海峡中航行的渡轮将会极其需要。
One sailor sustained light injuries, but there was no oil leak and the strait remained open for business.
这次事故中一位船员受了轻伤，但没有发生原油泄漏，霍尔木兹海峡依旧对商开放。
China indicated its satisfaction at the result, saying that peace and development across the Taiwan Strait was the correct path.
中国表示对选举结果满意，称海峡两岸的和平与发展才是正确的道路。
from the front steps of the sophia cathedral and the nearby hill , one can see ships sailing on bosphorus strait and marmara sea.
从苏菲亚大教堂的前门和山坡上，可以看到船只航行在博斯普鲁斯海峡和马尔马拉海。
Washington considers the Taiwan Strait international waters, but the passage was the first since 2002 by an aircraft carrier.
虽然美国政府认定台湾海峡为国际水域，但这却是2002年以来美军航母首次穿越台湾海峡。
There was a huge piracy problem around the Strait of Malacca, Defense Secretary Robert M.
在马六甲海峡的周围有一个很大的海盗问题，国防部长罗伯特·M。
Air Macau across the Taiwan Strait are the only company to provide a "one machine in the end" service airline.
澳门航空是海峡两岸唯一一家提供“一机到底”服务的航空公司。
Ancient Torres Strait Islanders, like Australian Aboriginals did not make pots.
古代特雷斯海峡岛民像澳大利亚土著居民一样，他们也不会制造陶罐。
"The curving, shallow strait is our biggest national grief, our biggest nostalgia, " he said.
他说：“浅浅的海峡，是最大的国殇，最深的乡愁！”
All this is part of his election pledge to stimulate the island's laggard economy with closer cross-strait economic ties.
所有这些都是他以加强两岸经济关系刺激台湾迟缓经济的选举承诺的一部分。
GDP maintains grow steady year after year, the economic and cultural exchanges of the four regions across the strait have been deepening.
GDP逐年保持平稳增长，两岸四地的民间经济、文化交流往来日益加深。
Yemen also overlooks a maritime "choke-point" -- a narrow passage like the Strait of Hormuz at the tip of the Persian Gulf.
也门还是通往海上的“咽喉”要道---这与波斯湾角上的霍尔木兹海峡的狭长海道有点类似。
In a symbolic move of "panda diplomacy, " Beijing marked warming cross-strait ties with the furry gifts, amid fanfare and a media frenzy.
“熊猫外交”是一种象征性举动，在锣鼓喧天和媒体的疯狂之中，北京希望借这对毛茸茸的礼物暖化海峡两岸关系。
