| 词汇 | back is to/against the wall |
| 释义 | back is to/against the wall ◊ When your back is to/against the wall or you have your back to/against the wall you are in a bad position in which you are forced to do something in order to avoid failure.处于背水一战的境地；没有退路 With our backs to the wall we made a last desperate effort to finish the project on time.由于已经没有了退路，我们背水一战，竭尽全力争取按时完成这个项目。 We knew that with so little time and money left to finish the project we had our backs to the wall.我们明白靠剩下的这么一点时间和资金来完成这个项目，我们是在拼死一搏。 back |
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