Between the devil and the deep sea
adv. 进退维谷
🧩 词语组成解析
between
[bɪ'twin]
prep. 在…之间;私下，暗中;在…中任择其一;来往于…之间;
adv. 当中，中间;
the
[ðə]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;
and
[ənd, ən,ænd]
conj. 和，与;而且;于是，然后;因此;
the
[ðə]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;
🗣️ 情景例句
The newspapers don't come out till about ten o'clock.
报纸要差不多十点钟才出来。
Grand Central Station, please. I want to try to catch a 6:00 train.
请到中央火车站。我要赶六点的火车。
Three million people watched as the ashes of this great man were gently poured into the brown waters of the river that would carry them to the ocean.
还有300万人守望着这位伟人的骨灰缓缓撒入褐以的恒河，河水把他的骨灰送向大海。