英 [streɪts] 美 [streɪts]
n. [海洋]海峡；困难（strait 的复数）
strait /streɪt/ CET6+ TEM4
You can refer to a narrow strip of sea which joins two large areas of sea as a strait or the straits. 海峡
An estimated 1,600 vessels pass through the strait annually.
估计每年有1600艘船经过这个海峡。
复数型名词 If someone is in dire or desperate straits, they are in a very difficult situation, usually because they do not have much money. (常指缺钱造成的) 困境
The company's closure has left many small businessmen in desperate financial straits.
该公司的关闭使得许多小商人陷入经济困境。
困境-引用次数：39
The construction of the property system lags behind,and the "Prisoner Straits" produce credit risks.
产权制度建设滞后,"囚徒困境"产生信用风险。
参考来源产权制度:构建社会信用制度的基石
困境-引用次数：42
Chapter two the political dilemma of further development of cross-straits relation.
第二章“两岸关系深入发展面临的政治困境”。
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昔日南洋所说的海峡（Straits）是指马六甲海峡而言，在十九世纪是由英国占领。而马六甲海峡主要的城市包括槟城（Penang Island）、马六甲（Malacca）和Singapor...
... strand v使搁浅，使陷于困境 straits n.困难，窘境 plight n.境况，誓约，困境v.宣誓，保证，约定 ...
海文公司信息服务部经理Edmund Tan（艾德蒙）告诉《海峡时报》（Straits Times）："工资涨幅预测数据的下降，表明企业开始试图控制基本工资的增长。同时，他们对业绩卓著的经理给予更多关注。
海峡；困难（strait的复数）
The skipper was not willing to risk taking his ship through the straits until he could see where he was going.
这位船长不愿意冒险在看不见方向之前将船开过海峡。
Crustal movements closed the straits, and the landlocked Mediterranean began to evaporate.
地壳运动封闭了海峡，内陆的地中海开始了蒸发。
Mediterranean salt domes formed after crustal movements opened the straits between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, and the Mediterranean refilled with water.
地壳运动打开了地中海和大西洋之间的海峡，地中海重新被水注满，之后形成了地中海盐丘。
However,piracy had decreased in the Straits of Malacca and the eastern Indian Ocean where it has traditionally been a problem.
VOA : special.2009.05.27
Today,scientists know that the Pillars of Hercules was also called the Straits of Gibraltar.
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The finish line is a cutesy resort island in the straits between Lakes Huron and Michigan.
Dinamation is in dire financial straits, with most of its dinos reportedly frozen in warehouses.
Trusts that have recently listed in Singapore have outperformed the benchmark Straits Times Index.
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