on the ropes

处于危机之中:显示即将失败或崩溃的迹象。
常用释义
处于危机之中:显示即将失败或崩溃的迹象。

例句

1·They hauled away on the ropes.

他们一直在用绳子拉。

2·Emotionally, physically, and financially I was on the ropes.

我在感情上、身体上和经济上都快支持不住了。

3·They're nearly doubled their market share and we're on the ropes.

最近他们的市场占有率更是增长了一倍,我们的情况很不利。

4·I had fallen into a hole and was hanging on the ropes tied to the sled.

我掉进了一个洞里,悬挂在连着雪橇的绳子上。

5·By repeatedly undercutting his price, his competitions soon had him on the ropes.

竞争者们一再削价与他抢生意,很快就逼得他走投无路了。

6·After his three-year-old marriage broke up, he is almost on the ropes these days.

当他结束了3年的婚姻后,这几天他几近崩贵。

7·In a remarkable fight, Ali stayed on the ropes, letting Foreman punch himself out.

在一场万众瞩目的比赛中,阿里待在围绳边,让福尔曼 痛殴 他。

8·They were on the ropes, but they didn't fold, and that is why they are a great team.

因为他们一直在防守,但是他们并没有放弃,那就是他们之所以是一支伟大的球队。

9·The sails are not responding to our pull on the ropes; the fastenings must got twisted somehow.

现在我们用绳索拉不动风帆,一定是有些扣拴不知怎么地被扭曲了。

10·The firm was really on the ropes. Besides the heavy debts, it also lost the trust among its employees.

这个公司处于岌岌可危之中。除了债台高筑,它正在失去其员工的信任。

同义词

濒于失败;完全无力回击;处于困境