The son of a poor farmer's widow, he had seen his mother put to such straits to make ends meet . 他是个穷苦农民寡妇的儿子，曾经亲眼看到他母亲在万分艰困的情况下度日。
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。
I asked him right away to leave my cabin door unlocked at night while the ship was going through sunda straits . 我直截了当地要他晚上在船通过巽他海峡时不要给我的房间上锁。
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。
Most of these ships would pass through the narrow strait of gibraltar, flanked by guns that might at any moment speak up in favor of the nazis . 大部分船只将经过狭窄而在纳粹大炮威胁下的直布罗陀海峡。
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。
Filmnap, the treasurer, is allowed to cut a caper on the strait rope, at least an inch higher than any other lord in the whole empire . 大家都认为财政大臣佛林奈浦在拉直的绳子上跳舞跳得比全王国的任何大臣至少要高一英寸。
We hoped the enemy would conclude that we were making another, unusually ambitious attempt to reinforce malta, which had been in dire straits for months . 我们揣想敌人将认为我们试行另一次重大企图以增援马尔他，该岛数月来始终处于可怕之苦境中。
First cross - strait brand forum held in xiamen 首届海峡两岸商标品牌论坛在厦门举行
