cornered

1. N-COUNT 角
   A corner is a point or an area where two or more edges, sides, or surfaces of something join.
   1. He saw the corner of a magazine sticking out from under the blanket...
      他看见杂志的一角从毯子下露了出来。
   2. Write 'By Airmail' in the top left hand corner.
      在左上角写上“航空邮递”。
2. N-COUNT 角;墙角;壁角
   The corner of a room, box, or similar space is the area inside it where its edges or walls meet.
   1. ...a card table in the corner of the living room...
      起居室角落里的牌桌
   2. The ball hurtled into the far corner of the net...
      球飞进了球网的远角。
   3. Finally I spotted it, in a dark corner over by the piano.
      最后我在钢琴旁的阴暗角落里发现了它。
3. N-COUNT （嘴）角;（眼）角
   The corner of your mouth or eye is the side of it.
   1. She flicked a crumb off the corner of her mouth...
      她擦掉嘴角的面包屑。
   2. Out of the corner of her eye she saw that a car had stopped.
      她用眼角的余光瞥见一辆车停了下来。
4. N-COUNT 街角;拐角
   The corner of a street is the place where one of its sides ends as it joins another street.
   1. She would spend the day hanging round street corners...
      她会整天在街角附近游荡。
   2. We can't have police officers on every corner...
      不可能每个街角都派驻警察。
   3. He waited until the man had turned a corner.
      他一直等到那个男人拐过街角。
5. N-COUNT (道路的)转弯处
   A corner is a bend in a road.
   1. ...a sharp corner...
      急转弯
   2. The road is a succession of hairpin bends, hills, and blind corners.
      这条路上急转弯、坡道和死拐角一个接一个。
6. N-COUNT (遥远或难以到达的)角落，偏远处
   If you talk about the corners of the world, a country, or some other place, you are referring to places that are far away or difficult to get to.
   1. Buyers came from all corners of the world...
      买主来自世界各地。
   2. The group has been living in a remote corner of the Cambodian jungle.
      该部落一直居住在柬埔寨的丛林深处。
7. (足球、曲棍球等的)角球
   In football, hockey, and some other sports, a corner is a free shot or kick taken from the corner of the pitch.
8. VERB 将…逼入死角；使走投无路
   If you corner a person or animal, you force them into a place they cannot escape from.
   1. A police motorcycle chased his car twelve miles, and cornered him near Rome...
      一辆摩托警车跟在他的车后追了12英里，最后在快到罗马时将他截住。
   2. He was still sitting huddled like a cornered animal.
      他还像一头困兽一样蜷缩着坐在那儿。
9. VERB 截住…与其说话
   If you corner someone, you force them to speak to you when they have been trying to avoid you.
   1. Golan managed to corner the young producer-director for an interview.
      戈兰设法截住了那位兼任制片人的年轻导演，对其进行了采访。
10. VERB 垄断
    If a company or place corners an area of trade, they gain control over it so that no one else can have any success in that area.
    1. This restaurant has cornered the Madrid market for specialist paellas...
       这家餐馆垄断了马德里的特色肉菜饭市场。
    2. Zurich's affluence came initially from cornering a sizeable chunk of the 14th Century silk trade.
       苏黎世的富足最初来自于14世纪对丝绸贸易的高度垄断。
11. VERB 转弯；拐弯
    If a car, or the person driving it, corners in a particular way, the car goes round bends in roads in this way.
    1. Peter drove jerkily, cornering too fast and fumbling the gears.
       彼得转弯太急，换挡不利索，车开得一颠一颠的。
12. PHRASE 即将发生
    If you say that something is around the corner, you mean that it will happen very soon. In British English, you can also say that something is round the corner .
    1. The Chancellor of the Exchequer says that economic recovery is just around the corner.
       财政大臣说经济即将复苏。
13. PHRASE 在附近;在近处
    If you say that something is around the corner, you mean that it is very near. In British English, you can also say that something is round the corner .
    1. My new place is just around the corner.
       我的新家就在附近。
14. PHRASE 图省事;走捷径
    If you cut corners, you do something quickly by doing it in a less thorough way than you should.
    1. Take your time, don't cut corners and follow instructions to the letter.
       慢慢来，不要图省事，要严格按照说明去做。
15. PHRASE 天涯海角;世界各个角落
    You can use expressions such as the four corners of the world to refer to places that are a long way from each other.
    1. They've combed the four corners of the world for the best accessories...
       为了找到最好的配件，他们寻遍了每个地方。
    2. Young people came from the four corners of the nation.
       全国各地的年轻人都来到这里。
16. PHRASE 身处困境
    If you are in a corner or in a tight corner, you are in a situation which is difficult to deal with and get out of.
    1. The government is in a corner on interest rates...
       政府在利率问题上陷入了困境。
    2. He appears to have backed himself into a tight corner.
       他似乎已把自己逼入了困境。

1. A police motorcycle chased his car twelve miles, and cornered him near Rome
   一辆摩托警车跟在他的车后追了12英里，最后在快到罗马时将他截住。
2. He was still sitting huddled like a cornered animal.
   他还像一头困兽一样蜷缩着坐在那儿。
3. This restaurant has cornered the Madrid market for specialist paellas
   这家餐馆垄断了马德里的特色肉菜饭市场。
4. They've cornered all the business.
   他们已控制了所有的买卖。
5. Even the weakest animal will bite back when it is cornered.
   要是被逼急了，甚至最弱小的动物也会回咬一口。
6. The Vicar felt himself cornered.
   牧师感到自已被难住了。
7. The thief was cornered at last.
   这个贼终于被逼得走头无路了。
8. I found out many times, like a cornered rat in a real trap, I was surprisingly capable.
   我多次发现，就像在一个真正陷阱中的老鼠，我具有惊人的能力。
9. Cornered the thieves and captured them.
   将窃贼逼入角落并擒住他们。
10. Knew she was cornered, no way out.
    知道自己已经到了绝路，没有出路了。
11. The cat cornered a cricket between the sofa and the television stand.
    猫把蟋蟀逼到沙发和电视机柜之间的地方。
12. The dog cornered the rat.
    狗把老鼠逼到一个角落。
13. The escaped prisoner was cornered at last.
    那逃犯最后走投无路了。
14. I had her cornered. I told her to turn around.
    我在墙角处逮到了她，我让她转身，她不从。
15. The police finally cornered the thief.
    警察终于把那小偷逼入一个角落。
16. They cornered the thief and caught him.
    他们把小偷逼到了墙角，并抓住了他。
17. He cornered her and tried to kiss her.
    他把她逼到角落里，企图吻她。
18. In this sense, we have the virus cornered as never before.
    在这层意义上，我们已经前所未有地把该病毒逼到了绝境。
19. They've cornered the market in rubber goods.
    他们控制了橡胶市场。
20. Starbucks has more or less cornered the coffee market in Taiwan. We can see it everywhere here.
    星巴克或多或少垄断了台湾的咖啡市场，到哪都可以看到星巴克。
21. By defeating the main competitor this firm has cornered the wheat market.
    这家公司通过打败主要的竞争对手垄断了小麦市场。
22. Finally the boss's son cornered me one morning.
    有一天早晨，老板的儿子终于逼上门来了。
23. He felt himself cornered.
    他感到自己已无回旋余地了。
24. These snakes only attack if they feel cornered or threatened.
    这些蛇只在感到走投无路或受到威胁时才袭击人的。
25. That question cornered me.
    那个问题把我困倒了。
26. He seems to have cornered the market.
    看来他已经占了上风。
27. You think you got the market cornered on human suffering?
    这样你就认为到了人生痛苦的至高境界了吗？
28. We can't assume anyone is innocent until we have this mystery person cornered.
    直到我们找出那个神秘人，我们不能排除任何人的嫌疑。
29. I can't remember the number of times I've been cornered in that situation.
    我已经不记得我多少次都陷入到这样的情况中。
30. I went to isaacoff's office and cornered him before his day of appointments started.
    我去艾萨科夫的办公室，在他开始那天接待约诊之前，请他到一旁。

adj

1. forced to turn and face attackers
   1. a stag at bay
   2. she had me cornered between the porch and her car
   3. like a trapped animal

   Synonym:    at bay(p)trappedtreed