Now that father's lost his job, we're in dire straits.

父亲失业了, 我了极大困境。

She has been in great straits (financially) since her husband died.

自从她丈夫去世, 她(在经济方面)一直处于困境。

The company is in dire straits.

公司处于极度困难境地。

The sea narrows into a strait.

变形成峡。

Yet the good ship ploughed straight on, unretarded by wind or wave, towards the straits of Bab-el-Mandeb.

但是，尽管是狂风怒吼，浪滔天，这艘轮船在强大机器推动下，却仍然毫不含糊地向曼德峡驶去。

The fire in the grate looked impish-demoniacally funny, as if it did not care in the least about her strait.

壁炉里残火，张牙怒目，鬼头鬼脑，仿佛表示对于她窘迫，丝毫都不关心。