进退失据，汉语成语，拼音是jìn tuì shī jù，意思是前进和后退都失去了依据；形容无处容身；也指进退两难。出自《后汉书·樊英传》。
在月球上如果有一种设备失灵或发生事故，宇航员就会进退失据。
An equipment failure or accident on the moon could have left the astronauts stranded.
而其于进退失据中，以短暂的生命为那个时代的先行者写下了绝望的挽歌。
He was caught in a dilemma and set down a desperate elegy, in a transient lifetime, for the forerunner.
“独立精神”在现实的冲击下显得脆弱，学人甚至有些不知所措、进退失据。
The "independent spirit" was very fragile when facing realism and the intellectuals didn't know how to deal with it.
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