cornered
cornered 英 ['kɔːnəd] 美 ['fɔr'kɔrnɚd]
adj. 有角的；被困得走投无路的 vt. 把…逼入绝境（corner的过去式）
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- adj. 有角的；被困得走投无路的
- vt. 把…逼入绝境（corner的过去式）
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1. I had her cornered. I told her to turn around.
我在墙角处逮到了她，我让她转身，她不从。
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2. He was cornered. There was so much pressure, he lost all hope of living.
那时，他被逼到墙角了，有很大的压力，没有活下去的希望了。
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3. Armed with nuclear weapons, in other words, a cornered Pakistan in a limited war with India would be a fearsome thing to behold.
换句话说，一旦用核武器武装的巴基斯坦在与印度的有限战争中被逼急，人们将会看到惊天惨剧。
- cornered (adj.) late 14c., "having corners," past-participle adjective from corner (v.). Figurative sense "forced or driven into a position where surrender or defeat is inevitable" is from 1824.
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