at a pinch

基本解釋

• 在緊要關頭

同根派生

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英漢例句

雙語例句

• We can put up ten people for the night at a pinch.
  必要時我們可以留宿十個人。 。
• At a pinch you might trace the point about names back to Plato.
  必要時你可以追溯到柏拉圖的名字。
• The new man’s people say everything, at a pinch, has taken place in a legal framework.
  新總統(tǒng)的手下說緊要關頭發(fā)生的一切都沒逾越法律框架。

原聲例句

• Many North Korea experts see Friday's far more modest wage proposal in the context of a recent thaw Pyongyang's attitude toward the South possibly aimed at boosting economic assistance as the North feels the pinch of international sanctions.

權威例句

• At a pinch, there may be some scope for negotiation over the status of the peacekeepers.
  ECONOMIST: Kosovo: Bluff, intrigue, war—or peace The
• And at a pinch, he could probably turn to his friends in Beijing for a new loan.
  ECONOMIST: Venezuela's economy

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詞組短語

短語

• Jack at a pinch 臨時拉來幫忙;臨時拉來幫忙的人;臨時代替的人

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• Something that you can do at a pinch can be done if it is really necessary, but it will be difficult, not perfect, or not what you would really like

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