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1. Compliance with the law is expected of all citizens. 所有公民都应遵守法律. 另: compliance n. 顺从, 遵守 in compliance with For nearly four years, dairy farmer Grey Wiles has poured milk from his colned cows down the drain in compliance with a voluntary ban on food from colned livestock. comply v. He reluctantly complied with their wishes. 2. Now in financial straits, Wiles says that he may be forced to sell his colned cows for hamburger. straits: (plural) n. An extremely difficult situation, such as illness, lack of money.困境,窘迫 Now that father's lost his job, we are in dire/desperate straits. 3. Strand 线.缕.=thread Many strands are twisted together to form a rope. stranded 处于困境的,一筹莫展的. I was there, stranded in a foreign country with no passport or money. 我当时在那儿,既没有护照也没有钱,一筹莫展地流落在异乡. 4. quandary/ dilemma/ predicament 困境,窘况,尴尬的处境 The failure, so far, to approve cloned animals for the food supply raises a quandary for consumers. She was in a dilemma as to whether to stay at school or get a job. |

