back to the wall
基本解释
- 走投无路；落入圈套；陷于困境
英汉例句
- They had to fight with their back to the wall .
他们不得不与敌人决一死战。 - The country has its back to the wall, so we must all work hard.
国家处境困难，我们大家必须努力工作。 - After fighting fiercely three days and nights the soldiers had their back to the wall.
激战三天三夜之后，士兵们陷入绝境。 - The Wall Street giant denies the allegations and promises to fight back.
- When I am looking at that wall, its photons are hitting the wall and coming back to me.
当我盯着墙看的时候，光子撞击墙面,又回到我眼中来。
麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选 - I tie a spring to my back and I anchor it to the wall and see how much the spring stretches before the two forces balance.
我把弹簧一端系在背后,另一端固定在墙上,观察两个力平衡时弹簧的伸长量
耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选 - Mr Klaus was speaking with his political back to the wall and a loaded gun to his head.
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