The skipper was not willing to risk taking his ship through the straits until he could see where he was going.
这位船长不愿意冒险在看不见方向之前将船开过海峡。
Crustal movements closed the straits, and the landlocked Mediterranean began to evaporate.
地壳运动封闭了海峡，内陆的地中海开始了蒸发。
Mediterranean salt domes formed after crustal movements opened the straits between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, and the Mediterranean refilled with water.
地壳运动打开了地中海和大西洋之间的海峡，地中海重新被水注满，之后形成了地中海盐丘。
She found herself in desperate financial straits.
她发觉自己经济状况极为窘迫。
The company's closure has left many small businessmen in desperate financial straits.
该公司的关闭使得许多小商人陷入经济困境。
The factory is in dire straits.
工厂岌岌可危。
Now that father's lost his job, we're in serious straits.
父亲失业了，我们现在经济十分拮据。
船已驶出海峡。
The company is in dire straits.
公司处于极度困难的境地。
Many neighbors are in similar straits.
很多邻居都有相似的处境。
Is Toyota really in such dire straits?
难道丰田真的已经陷入如此可怕的境地？
Businesses are in especially dire straits.
企业正处于特别窘迫的境地。
Courts are in similar straits all over the country.
全国所有法院都面临一样的困境。
But the economy as a whole is still in dire straits.
但是经济总体仍是岌岌可危。
I worry that this may make our cross-straits relations suffer.
我担心这会破坏海峡两岸的关系。
The iconic Ford brand, like its competitors, was in dire straits.
福特，及其竞争者，同样曾经陷入困境。
As more states find themselves in financial straits, such programmes will remain vulnerable.
随着越来越多的州面临财务困境，许多这样的计划都将难以维持。
Earlier discussions resulted in the first regular direct cross-straits flights for six decades.
之前的谈判促成了60年以来的首个两岸直飞航班。
Explorer John C. Frémont was possibly the first to call the rocky straits the "Golden Gate."
探险家约翰‧佛瑞蒙特（JohnC. Frémont）可能是第一个叫这个海峡湾“金门”的人。
Or it can merge with other firms in similar straits, hoping that economies of scale fix things.
或者它还可与其它同命相怜的公司合并，寄希望于规模效应来重振河山。
3% of the country "s territory is situated in southeastern Europe, west of the Bosphorus straits."
国家3%的领土位于欧洲东南部，博斯普鲁斯海峡(Bosphorus straits)西部。
Rather than negotiate a loan once a country is already in dire straits, the IMF would offer a contingent line of credit.
IMF提供一种前瞻性的信贷限额，而不是等一个国家陷入窘迫才与它商谈贷款。
What: Heavy rains have caused severe flooding throughout Africa this summer, and both Chad and Ethiopia are in dire straits.
事件：今夏，暴雨导致非洲许多地区发生严重洪灾，乍得与埃塞俄比亚均面临严峻的困境。
Nearly one hundred people have submitted their applications and are expecting to make the journey across the straits next Tuesday.
近百人已经提交了他们的申请书，期待着下周二到海峡对岸旅游。
The first was just disappearing in the straits of Bonifacio; the other, following an opposite direction, was about to round the Island of Corsica.
前者刚刚消失在博尼法乔海峡里，后者所取的方向却正好相反，已快要经过科西嘉岛了。
In short, Morocco's 300-year-old Alawite dynasty may start to look a bit more like the popular Bourbons, still reigning across the straits in Spain.
简而言之，拥有三百年历史的摩洛哥阿拉维王朝可能会变得更像颇受欢迎的波旁王朝。波旁王朝现在仍然统治着海峡对岸的西班牙。
The second call is at Butterworth, the mainland port that looks across to the island of Penang; here, travellers are taken across the straits to visit the island.
第二站停的是巴特沃斯，它是与槟榔屿隔海相望的一个大港口。旅客们在这儿下车乘渡船越过海峡前往槟榔屿游览。
Greek philosopher Plato wrote about Atlantis some 2,600 years ago, describing it as' an island situated in front of the straits called the Pillars of Hercules. '.
希腊哲学家柏拉图在2,600年前写到亚特兰蒂斯的时候，将它描述为“一座位于名字叫作赫拉克勒斯之柱的海峡前的岛屿。”
Greek philosopher Plato wrote about Atlantis some 2,600 years ago, describing it as' an island situated in front of the straits called the Pillars of Hercules. '.
希腊哲学家柏拉图在2,600年前写到亚特兰蒂斯的时候，将它描述为“一座位于名字叫作赫拉克勒斯之柱的海峡前的岛屿。”
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