| 释义 |
cleft /kleft/
●be (caught) in a cleft ˈstick (informal) be in a difficult situation when any action you take will have bad results 进退维谷；陷入困境◆I was in a cleft stick — my job was boring but I couldn’t move to another firm without losing my company pension.
我进退两难：我的工作十分无聊，可是如果我跳槽到另一家公司，我的企业年金就没了。 |