Fall into hopeless straits
陷入绝境
🧩 词语组成解析
fall
[fɔl]
v. 落下;跌倒;减少;沦陷;
n. 落下;瀑布;秋天;减少;
into
[ˈɪntu]
prep. （表示方向）进入…中;（表示所属）输入;（表示状态）进入…状态;（表示时间）持续到;
straits
[[streits]]
n. [谓语用单数]海峡, 困难, 窘迫
🗣️ 情景例句
Drive me back to Santa Clara.
载我到圣塔克莱拉。
I can't express myself very well in English.
我不能很好地用英语表达自己。
It suddenly dawned on me that this express was not roaring down the line at ninety miles an hour, but barely chugging along at thirty.
我突然感到这趟快车并没以时速90英里的速度呼啸前进，而是卟哧卟哧地向前爬行，时速仅30英里。