tight corner

基本解释

We are certainly in a tight corner, but with perseverance we shall manage to get out of it.
我们肯定已处于困境，但只要坚持住，我们就定能摆脱困境。
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Moral education is in a tight corner in chinese education, to realize the art of moral education is a good medicine for this ailment.
德育在中国教育中步入困境，举步维艰，实现德育美是拯救德育的一剂良药。
But if the rebellion fails to die down, Mr Sarkozy will be in a tight corner—and his plan to reshuffle the government after pension reform is done will have to be put off even longer.
但是如果动乱没能停止，萨科奇先生将陷入困境——他想在退休改革计划通过后重新整改政府的计划也将被推迟更久。

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Yet he is pinned into an uncomfortably tight corner.
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But if the rebellion fails to die down, Mr Sarkozy will be in a tight corner—and his plan to reshuffle the government after pension reform is done will have to be put off even longer.
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