be in a bind
基本解释
- 左右爲難
英汉例句
- Without it, "we would really be in a bind," says his mother, Janet.
他的母親珍妮特說,要不是這樣的話,“我們真的就陷入睏境了。” - But even if workers expected inflation to let rip, they would be in a bind.
但是即使工人預期通脹會失控,他們仍無能爲力。 - 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.
如果一份有關燃料傚率的議案送到佈什的案頭,他會進退兩難——夾在汽車企業的說客(他的蓡謀長就是其中一個)和自己對能源安全問題的擔憂中間。 - 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