at bay

陷入困境
常用释义
陷入困境
陷入绝境

例句

1·Eating oranges keeps colds at bay.

吃橘子可防感冒。

—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·I'm trying to keep my creditors at bay.

我在竭力避开债主。

—— 《牛津词典》

3·Wool traps your body heat, keeping the chill at bay.

羊毛织物能留住你的身体热量,阻挡寒气。

—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·Monstrously inflated costs are designed to keep the hoi polloi at bay.

天价被设计用来让小老百姓们不敢问津。

—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·However, as good as these services are, there are simple steps we can take to keep them at bay.

然而,尽管这些服务很好,我们还是可以采取一些简单的步骤,和它们保持距离。

6·As hackers turned up, layers of security, from antivirus programs to firewalls, were added to try to keep them at bay.

随着黑客的出现,从防病毒程序到防火墙的层层安全措施被添加进来,试图阻止他们。

7·First-class passengers enjoy "élite" security lines and priority boarding, and disembark before the unwashed in coach, held at bay by a flight attendant, are allowed to foul the jet-way.

头等舱乘客享受“精英”安检通道,能优先登机,并能在被空乘人员管辖的经济舱普通民众“弄脏”移动通道之前,优先下飞机。

8·Hissing at the base of the tree, Jack, the clawless cat, kept the bear at bay for about 15 minutes.

无爪的猫杰克在树的底部嘶嘶作响,将熊搁浅了约15分钟。

9·An Apple a Day Keeps Cholesterol at Bay?

每天吃个苹果可以维持正常胆固醇?

10·Perhaps global warming kept the ice age at bay.

也许全球变暖使冰河世纪陷入了困境。