The skipper was not willing to risk taking his ship through the straits until he could see where he was going.

这位船长不愿意冒险在看不见方向之前将船开过海峡。

Crustal movements closed the straits, and the landlocked Mediterranean began to evaporate.

地壳运动封闭了海峡，内陆的地中海开始了蒸发。

Mediterranean salt domes formed after crustal movements opened the straits between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, and the Mediterranean refilled with water.

地壳运动打开了地中海和大西洋之间的海峡，地中海重新被水注满，之后形成了地中海盐丘。

The factory is in dire straits.

工厂岌岌可危。

She found herself in desperate financial straits.

她发觉自己经济状况极为窘迫。

The company's closure has left many small businessmen in desperate financial straits.

该公司的关闭使得许多小商人陷入经济困境。

The Straits of Gibraltar are the strategic passage between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.

直布罗陀海峡是地中海通向大西洋的战略通道。

Now that father's lost his job, we're in serious straits.

父亲失业了， 我们现在经济十分拮据。

The company is in dire straits.

公司处于极度困难的境地。

The ship cleared the straits.

船已驶出海峡。

Many neighbors are in similar straits.

很多邻居都有相似的处境。

The first Straits Forum was held last May.

第一届海峡论坛于去年5月举行。

Is Toyota really in such dire straits?

难道丰田真的已经陷入如此可怕的境地？

Businesses are in especially dire straits.

企业正处于特别窘迫的境地。

Cross-Straits trade increased by 30% in January.

今年1月份，两岸贸易额增长了30％。

Upon the straits; on the French coast the light.

海峡之上；对面法国海岸。

Courts are in similar straits all over the country.

全国所有法院都面临一样的困境。

But the economy as a whole is still in dire straits.

但是经济总体仍是岌岌可危。

I worry that this may make our cross-straits relations suffer.

我担心这会破坏海峡两岸的关系。

As a result, he will leave behind him a country in dire straits.

结果他即将卸任的国家处在了恐怖海峡之中。

The iconic Ford brand, like its competitors, was in dire straits.

福特，及其竞争者，同样曾经陷入困境。

As if this were not bad enough, the economy remains in dire straits.

就好像这种情况还不够糟一样，克罗地亚的经济至今仍处于水深火热之中。

These pillars were known as the Straits of Gibraltar in bygone times.

这些石柱在过去被称为是直布罗陀海峡。

With a debt-to-revenue ratio of 312%, Greece is in dire straits already.

312％的债务与收入比例已经将希腊陷入绝境。

to encourage and facilitate cross-Straits cooperation in combating crimes; and

鼓励和推动两岸共同打击犯罪；

Zoellick said practically everybody in the world is in dire economic straits.

世界银行行长佐利克说，实际上全世界所有人都处在窘迫的经济困境里。

The Cold War is over, but the Straits remain divided, perhaps more than ever before.

冷战已经结束，但是海峡两岸仍然维持分歧，甚至比以往任何时候都严重。

Earlier discussions resulted in the first regular direct cross-straits flights for six decades.

之前的谈判促成了60年以来的首个两岸直飞航班。