The country is in dire straits and people are suffering hunger.

这个国家正处于水深火热之中，人民饱受饥饿之苦。

The Strait of Malacca is in Malaysia.

马六甲海峡位于马来西亚。

The economic crisis has plunged many small companies into financial straits.

经济危机使得很多小公司陷入财务困境。

There is a strait between Taiwan and the mainland.

台湾和大陆之间有一条海峡

An estimated 1,600 vessels pass through the strait annually.

估计每年有1600艘船经过这个海峡。

Yemen commands the strait at the southern end of the Red Sea.

也门完全控制着红海南端的海峡。

The house had a fabulous view out to the Strait of Georgia and the Rockies beyond.

这座房子有很棒的景观，可以看到乔治亚海峡以及另一头的落基山脉。

The idea for a bridge across the strait had been around for many years.

建一座跨海峡大桥的想法已经有很多年了。

Van Diemen's Land is not joined to Australia, but is divided from it by the wide strait to which Bass's name is now so justly given.

范迪门斯地并不与澳洲大陆接壤，而是通过一个一个宽阔的海峡与之隔海相望，这个海峡日后被恰当地命名为“巴斯海峡”。