糟透了（歌名，The Pits）
any place of pain and turmoil
同义词： hell / hell on earth / hellhole / snake pit / inferno
... fire and brimstone 地狱的磨难的,非常热心的... the pits 最恶劣的地方... hell on earth 人间地狱 ...
... chequered/方格图案 the pits/赛车场的检修、加油站 red and yellow stripes/红黄条纹 ...
Traffic jam is the pits!
交通堵塞是糟糕的事情！
He moved quickly into the pits and climbed rapidly out of the car.
他急速驶入检修加油站，迅速爬出赛车。
The government says it's no longer willing to spend $170 million a month to keep the pits open.
政府宣称将不愿再每月花费1.7亿美元维持这些矿井的运转。
The La Brea Tar Pits have also provided science with interesting information about the plants that grew in the area.
VOA : special.2010.04.07
Mister Page was a wealthy man who became very interested in the scientific work being done at the tar pits.
VOA : special.2010.04.07
We have the compelling, official authority of the new state licenser, and Milton pits that external state of power against the powers of reason and against the powers of conscience that, of course, were seen to govern human action from within -- an internalized authority.
我们有新政府的出版控制者的强迫的官方统治，弥尔顿陷入了外在的政府权力和推理的力量,以及良心的力量的对立，当然，被认为是从内化的统治约束人类行动。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
It is still happening today. Small birds and animals still become trapped in the La Brea Tar Pits.
VOA : special.2010.04.07
Piotti obliged by using the nose of his car to push Moss into the pits.
Clark started on pole and was leading until a puncture forced him into the pits.
Many other traders and firms have abandoned the pits for offices and computer screens.