The company is in dire straits.

公司处于极度困难的境地.

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We were indeed in dire straits. But we pulled through.

那时我们的困难真是大极了, 但是我们渡过了困难.

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He failed, and is now in dire straits.

他遭遇失败, 处境狼狈.

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New York state in dire straits.

纽约州处于可怕的困境.

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The firm is in dire straits ( ie in a very difficult situation ) and may go bankrupt.

这商行已陷入 岌岌可危 的境地,可能要破产了.

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By that point, the economy would be in dire straits and the financial system in chaos.

而到那时, 经济会非常困窘而且金融系统会陷入混乱状态.

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