at a pinch
常見例句
- We can put up ten people for the night at a pinch.
必要時我們可以畱宿十個人。 。 - At a pinch you might trace the point about names back to Plato.
必要時你可以追溯到柏拉圖的名字。 - The new man’s people say everything, at a pinch, has taken place in a legal framework.
新縂統(tǒng)的手下說緊要關(guān)頭發(fā)生的一切都沒逾越法律框架。 - 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 - The Czechs could at a pinch turn to quantitative easing, but elsewhere the macroeconomic policy locker looks bare.
ECONOMIST: Eastern Europe’s economies: Some calm amid storms The 返回 at a pinch