汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 一筹莫展
一筹莫展 (一籌莫展)
to be unable to find a solution / to be at wits' end
筹 Planning / 展 Display / No strategy can be used, no way can be figured out
一点计策都施展不出,一点办法也没有绞尽脑汁想了半天,还是一筹莫展。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

他身在茫茫荒野中,一筹莫展

He was stranded in the middle of nowhere.

我们没有你的帮助就会一筹莫展

We would be lost without your help.

面对着彗星和棉铃象甲的双重威胁,农场主们都一筹莫展

Between the threats of comet and weevils, the farmers were running low on optimism.

人手不足使将军们一筹莫展,难守领地,还不得不靠空军来弥补。

The shortage of soldiers has hampered the generals' ability to hold territory and forced them to use air power to make up for the lack of numbers.

作为一家在市场上风生水起的大企业,它似乎对危机管理一筹莫展

For a company that's so brilliant at marketing, it seems to have absolutely no clue about crisis management.

当我正为这种可能性一筹莫展时,有一天我被召唤到楼上父亲的屋里去。

While I was worrying over this possibility I was one day summoned upstairs to my father.

如果你还在为如何让内容突出、消隐而一筹莫展,请试试各种不同的模糊方式。

If you've ever been stumped with the predicament of how to make something stand out more, stand out less, or nearly disappear, take a look at using blurs in different ways.

队友们都因为迟迟无法得分而一筹莫展,上半场末段我感觉球队失去了耐心,因为我们急于打进第一粒进球。

At the end of the first half I felt we were not really patient enough because we wanted to score the first goal.

高先生在筹办养猪场的时候苦于没有资金,在一筹莫展之际他草船借箭,号召同事集体出资,最终解了燃眉之急。

Gao was troubled that he lacked the funds to start a pig farm. He borrowed strength from his colleagues asking them to pool money and finally solved the problem.

面对于风险之极、深邃莫测的“魔鬼”,整个法国警方都一筹莫展,只能寄指望于一位低级别的捕头,由于每集体都晓得他实践下身怀绝技。

With the extreme risk, deep unfathomable "devil", the French police are helpless and can only send expect in a low-level catching head, with each group all knew he practice under special skills.