be in a bind

基本解释

• 左右为难

英汉例句

双语例句

• Without it, "we would really be in a bind," says his mother, Janet.
  他的母亲珍妮特说，要不是这样的话，“我们真的就陷入困境了。”
• But even if workers expected inflation to let rip, they would be in a bind.
  但是即使工人预期通胀会失控，他们仍无能为力。
• 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.
  如果一份有关燃料效率的议案送到布什的案头，他会进退两难——夹在汽车企业的说客（他的参谋长就是其中一个）和自己对能源安全问题的担忧中间。

权威例句

• 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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