英语释义

1. in a bad situation when help is needed
I can help out in a pinch if you need a babysitter. In a pinch, you can substitute another ingredient in the recipe.

片语

as necessary必要时

at need困难之时；必要时

英汉例句

• They have strong leaf color contrast, grow to 2-3ft tall under ideal conditions, and in a pinch can be used in incantations to protect yourself from being bewitched.

  它们叶子的颜色对比很强，理想条件下能免长到2~3英尺高。紧急时还可以保护你不被魔咒所侵害。

• However, there「s a vast chasm between helping out in a pinch and being overly accommodating.

  不过，必要时的帮助和过分的热心可是有着天壤之别的。

• The answer, in large part, is that they retain their own currencies, and investors know that in a pinch they could finance their deficits by printing more of those currencies.

  在很大程度上，在于它们保留着自己的货币。投资人知道，必要时，这些国家可以通过印发更多的货币的形式为财政赤字融资。

• Slime molds are also present in huge Numbers: There may be thousands of individual slime molds in a pinch of soil.

  黏菌也以庞大的数量出现：一小块土壤里可能会有成千上万的黏菌个体。

• I have a good idea of the minimum amount of sleep I need. 6.5 hours per night is sustainable for me, but I can do 5 hours in a pinch and be OK as long as I don」t do it every night.

  我知道我每天晚上至少需要6.5个小时的睡眠时间，但是如果遇到了紧急情况，那么我可以只睡5个小时，第二天还很好，前提是我并不是每天晚上都这么做。

• Helping a good fellow in a pinch is what suits me to a hair.

  在困难中帮助一个好人，我很乐意。

• Fortunately, if you're in a pinch you can bypass it.

  幸运的是，如果你在一个捏，您可以绕过它。

• That’s a fairly small number, but is enough for using in a pinch (which is all I use it for anyway).

  那是一个相当小的数量，但是节省着用也足够了（这就是无论如何我还用它）。

• A little cinnamon in a pinch of salt will make dripped-on messes in the oven easier to clean, and prevent them from stinking up the house.

  盐加一点肉桂滴在烤箱里会容易清洗，并使房间味道好闻一些。