at a pinch
基本解释
- 在紧要关头
英汉例句
- We can put up ten people for the night at a pinch.
必要时我们可以留宿十个人。 。 - At a pinch you might trace the point about names back to Plato.
必要时你可以追溯到柏拉图的名字。 - The new man’s people say everything, at a pinch, has taken place in a legal framework.
新总统的手下说紧要关头发生的一切都没逾越法律框架。 - 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.
- 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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- 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