英语词汇“cleft-stick”的音标、意思、用法及中文翻译-反思网

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They calculated very shrewdly—we had better face this—that they had got both political parties in a cleftstick.
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My constituents and the young man found themselves in a cleftstick.
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He said he was in a cleftstick.
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It seems to me that he may find himself in a cleftstick.
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This means that they are completely tied to the one merchant, absolutely in a cleftstick.
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However, in those days communications were by means of a message carried in a cleftstick and the carriers ran along the roads.
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On that matter we have been in something of a cleftstick.
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If events make it, as they may, impossible for you to implement that undertaking, then you are in a cleftstick.
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The authority is in a cleftstick, because it can only improve one area to the detriment of another.
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The trouble is that in this matter we are in a cleftstick.
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But here we are in a cleftstick.
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The family is caught in a cleftstick.
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He called it a cleftstick but it is the thin end of the wedge.
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While the hop growers and the brewers have reached absolute unanimity with regard to the scheme, the brewers found themselves in a cleftstick.
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词汇	cleft-stick
释义	cleft stick noun UKuk /ˌkleft ˈstɪk/ us /ˌkleft ˈstɪk/ be in a cleft stick to be in a situation where it is very difficult to decide what to do, usually because both of your two choices of action would cause problems: 进退维谷，左右为难；陷于窘境 UN troops are in a cleft stick: something has to be done for the civilian population, yet to retaliate would surely be the spark to ignite all-out war.联合国军队进退两难：为了平民不得不采取行动，可是还击势必会引发全面战争。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences a hard/tough row to hoeidiom abyss adversity at your worstidiom Augean bad hair day epidemic hardness have a bumpy rideidiom have someone over a barrelidiom pall purgatory push factor quagmire quicksand rabbit hole scrape strait the Augean Stablesidiom the hard wayidiom Examples of cleft stick cleft stick Derbyshire county council is placed in something of a cleftstick in relation to applications that it receives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They calculated very shrewdly—we had better face this—that they had got both political parties in a cleftstick. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My constituents and the young man found themselves in a cleftstick. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said he was in a cleftstick. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems to me that he may find himself in a cleftstick. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This means that they are completely tied to the one merchant, absolutely in a cleftstick. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, in those days communications were by means of a message carried in a cleftstick and the carriers ran along the roads. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On that matter we have been in something of a cleftstick. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If events make it, as they may, impossible for you to implement that undertaking, then you are in a cleftstick. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The authority is in a cleftstick, because it can only improve one area to the detriment of another. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The trouble is that in this matter we are in a cleftstick. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But here we are in a cleftstick. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The family is caught in a cleftstick. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He called it a cleftstick but it is the thin end of the wedge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 While the hop growers and the brewers have reached absolute unanimity with regard to the scheme, the brewers found themselves in a cleftstick. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of cleft stick These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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