汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 进退维谷
进退维谷 (進退維谷)
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
Whether it is advancing or retreating, it is in a difficult situation / Describe a dilemma
维相当于是”;谷比喻困境。无论是进还是退,都是处在困境之中。形容进退两难。
() jìn 退 tuì () wéi gǔ/yù
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

我陷入了进退维谷的境地。

I've been placed in an impossible position.

英国进退维谷:读书或抑看电影?

Britain's dilemma: Read the book or watch the movie?

我知道你现在是进退维谷了。

I know you are holding a Wolf by the ear.

现在,他处于一种进退维谷的境地。

Now, he was in an impossible position.

律师提出的尖锐问题,使得他进退维谷

The lawyer's sharp questioning put him up a tree.

开始,斑羚们发现自己陷入了进退维谷的绝境,一片惊慌,胡乱蹿跳。

At the beginning when those gorals found they were trapped in a "dilemma" predicame…