Stand at a nonplus
进退维谷
🧩 词语组成解析
stand
[stænd]
n. 台，看台;立场;停止;抵抗;
vi. 站立，起立;竖直放置;保持看法;停滞;
vt. 使站立;忍受;抵御;承担责任;
vt.& vi. 站立，（使）直立，站着;
at
[æt]
prep. （表示位置）在;在（某时间或时刻）;以，达; 向，朝;
n. 阿特（老挝辅币单位，100 阿特 = 1 基普）;
nonplus
[,nɔn'plʌs, 'nɔnplʌs]
vt. 使迷惑;
n. 迷惑，困惑，尽头;
🗣️ 情景例句
Don't drink then drive.
不要酒后开车。
He has a telephone set.
他有一部电话。
Though my aunt pursued what was, in those days, an enlightened policy, in that she never allowed her domestic staff to work more than eight hours a day, she was extremely difficult to please.
姑妈待佣人在当时算是开明的，从来不让佣人每天工作超过8小时，但他们很难使她称心如意。