n.进退两难的困境

进退两难的处境

double binds───进退两难的处境

double bond───[物化]双键

double bonds───双键

double-blind───双盲

double bed───双人床

double bill───连场；同场地连续两场表演

double wing───双翼

double window───双视窗；[建]双层窗

double bills───连场；同场地连续两场表演

The company is caught in a double bind. If it doesn't modernize it won't make money, but if it does modernize they'll have to make people redundant because they won't need them any more.───这家公司进退两难. 不实行现代化就无法盈利, 要实行现代化就会有冗员,因为公司将不再需要他们.

Women are caught in a double bind, marginalized in the community if they are not wives and mothers, under excessive pressure to be perfect if they are.───妇女们处于进退两难的境地：若不结婚生子会被社会边缘化，但要两全其美则压力重重。

If he eats the cake, it could kill him; if he refuses it, it will make his wife angry and she will reject him: a double bind.───如果他吃了蛋糕，它足可以要了他的命；如果他拒绝这么做，就会激怒太太而且她就会拒绝接纳他：一个双重约束。

is something of a double bind as they have to say' yes'.───他们说是的时候就会是双重约束。

The economy is in a double bind.───西班牙经济已经陷入了双重束缚.

Same as the double bind between the mother and son.───该双重境地和母子之间的双重境地一样.

I'm caught in a double bind.───我现在是进退两难.