All marriages have their sticky patches. 任何一桩婚姻都有难熬的时候。

My confidence was at its lowest ebb. 我的信心跌到了最低点。

Nurses are at the sharp end of hospital work. 护士在医院从事着最艰苦的工作。

Many children feel caught in the middle when their parents divorce.

With a major deadline to meet, Hannah had been chained to her desk all weekend. 为了赶上最后期限，汉娜整个周末都不得不伏案工作。

The region has been cursed with a series of floods. 该地区接二连三地遭到洪水袭击。

We were caught in a heavy storm. 我们遇到一场大暴风雨。

Inexperienced investors may indeed have been in over their heads.

She got tangled up in a relationship which was bound to end in disaster.

Small firms in particular were hard hit by the recession. 尤其是小公司受到经济衰退的严重影响。

I think the Conservatives will be hard put to gain support. 我觉得保守党很难获得支持。

You'll be in dead trouble when dad finds out! 如果爸爸发现你出去，你就死定了！

Without her support, we're sunk.

Nearly 1,000 of the world's bird species are threatened with extinction. 世界上大约有1,000种鸟类濒临灭绝。

an area torn by civil war 饱受内战之苦的地区

If we don't get this contract, we're up the creek! 我们如果拿不到这份合同，麻烦可就大了！

The country has careened from one crisis to another. 这个国家接二连三地陷入危机。

The economy is in danger of careering out of control. 经济有失控的危险。

He carries the heavy burden of leadership. 他承担着领导的重任。

The collection almost came to grief recently when a water pipe burst.

In the first week, we came up against a pretty tricky problem. 我们在第一周就遇到一个相当棘手的问题。

I drew the short straw and had to stay late. 我摊上苦差事，晚上得熬夜了。

We encountered one small problem during the trial run. 我们在试运行中，遇到了一个小问题。

How to combine a career and children is a dilemma facing many women. 怎样兼顾事业和孩子，是许多女性面临的两难问题。

The country's economy is floundering and the future is uncertain. 该国的经济正处于困境，未来还是未知数。

I hear Jim is really going through the mill with his divorce. 我听说吉姆正在遭受离婚的痛苦折磨。

She's been put through the wringer these past few months.

We had quite a job finding your house. 我们费了好大劲才找到你家。

Whoever gets the post has a real job on their hands. 不论谁得到这个职位都有很棘手的事要做。

They are reluctant to get involved in this, they've got a lot to lose.

If the boss hears what you've been doing, you've had it. 如果老板得知你一直在干的事，你会有麻烦的。

Figuring they had nothing to lose, they decided to audition for the show.

England had their backs to the wall in the second half. 英格兰队在下半场被逼得没有退路。

We'll have our work cut out for us if we want to maintain sales at this level. 如果想保持这个销售水平，我们将面临着艰巨的任务。

We hit a problem when we tried to print the document. 我们想要打印这份文件时出问题了。

Many countries labour under a huge burden of debt they cannot even begin to pay. 很多国家在沉重的债务下喘息，这些债务它们甚至还未开始偿还。

She landed up in hospital with a broken leg. 她断了一条腿住进了医院。

The children are languishing in orphanages waiting for adoption. 孩子们在孤儿院苦等着被收养。

She didn't know what she was letting herself in for when she married John. 嫁给约翰时，她都不知道这会给自己带来什么样的麻烦。

The government seems to lurch from one crisis to another. 该政府看来好像危机重重。

She met with an accident yesterday. 她昨天出事故了。

Realizing he had met his match, Wong surrendered. 意识到遭遇了强劲的对手，王放弃了。

When it comes to centralism, the UK government doesn't have a leg to stand on.

The changes have left a lot of people not knowing which way to turn.

It was an outrage, and somebody was going to pay. 那是暴行，会有人遭报应的。

A string of recent defeats has plunged the team dangerously near the bottom of the table. 最近一连串的失利使该队排名跌至榜尾附近，处境危险。

We seem to have come up against a brick wall with this project.

Our project ran into difficulties when we lost a sponsor. 我们失去一个赞助者时，我们的项目遇到了困难。

It's either get a job or run the gauntlet of unemployment officials. 要么找一份工作，要么去受负责失业的官员的批评。

England ran up against a formidable opponent last Saturday. 英格兰队上星期六遇到了不好对付的对手。

When you've stared death in the face, everything after that is easy. 经历过死亡之后，一切就都容易了。

One of the officers sustained minor injuries in the fire. 其中一名高级职员在火灾中受了轻伤。

Clothing took the biggest hit, with sales down by 35%. 服装业遭受的损失最大，销售额下跌了35%。

The city took a pounding during the Second World War.

He was walking a tightrope trying to keep everybody happy.