| 释义 |
Examples:subprime mortgage crisis—lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation—fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain—lit. clouds scatter, wind flows (idiom); the crisis settles down—lit. turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill (idiom); fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis—the crisis year of 1900 involving the Boxer uprising and the eight nation military invasion—keep a cool head in a crisis—fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc)—bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called second Taiwan strait crisis—sacrifice one's life in a crisis—lit. wind flows, clouds scatter (idiom); the crisis settles down—lit. have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis—cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient—(of a crisis) be brewing—remain cheerful (despite a crisis)—pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis— |