desperate straits

1. The company's closure has left many small businessmen in desperate financial straits.
   该公司的倒闭让很多小商人陷入了经济困境。
2. A person in desperate straits; someone doomed.
   处于令人绝望的窘迫境地的人；失魂落魄、绝望的人。
3. As it is, the North is in desperate economic straits.
   实际上，朝鲜正处于令人绝望的经济困境中。
4. She found herself in desperate financial straits.
   她发觉自己经济状况极为窘迫。
5. Now the medical system in America is in desperate straits, he says.
   他说，目前美国的医疗系统正处于严重困难之中。

noun

1. a state of extreme distress

   Synonym:    dire straits