be in a bind
基本解释
- 左右为难
英汉例句
- Without it, "we would really be in a bind," says his mother, Janet.
他的母亲珍妮特说，要不是这样的话，“我们真的就陷入困境了。” - But even if workers expected inflation to let rip, they would be in a bind.
但是即使工人预期通胀会失控，他们仍无能为力。 - 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.
如果一份有关燃料效率的议案送到布什的案头，他会进退两难——夹在汽车企业的说客（他的参谋长就是其中一个）和自己对能源安全问题的担忧中间。 - 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