a pretty pass
基本解释
- 睏境
英汉例句
- Events have come to a pretty pass when a King must cower in his castle. But cover I must.
城堡裡的大事,國王已經不是必須躲在裡麪了,但我必須藏起來。 - Things have come to a pretty pass when the food in the hotel is as bad as this. I can't possibly eat it.
旅館的夥食如此之差,事情已到了使人無法忍受的地步,我無論如何也喫不下去。 - Things have come to a pretty pass it you can't even light a bonfire without all the neighbours complaining.
甚至連你們點燃篝火鄰居都會抱怨的話,事情是有些麻煩了。 - Though the sample size of the 6 games Vick has played this year is pretty small and though it may be a bit early to pass judgment, are any of you taking Cutler or Straub over Vick?
FORBES: Vick-torious: Michael Vick Bound For Financial Redemption - And though a review of these revelations does seem pretty damning to the naked eye, does it pass the same burden of proof that would be required in a court of law?
FORBES: The Goodell-Vilma Showdown: A Symphony of Violence, Public Relations, and Legalities - "Not everyone can keep up with oral hydration so it is pretty routine to go to hospital and have a drip and wait for the thing to pass and keep yourself hydrated, " said Dr. Christopher Hawkey of the University of Nottingham's faculty of medicine and health sciences.
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