Between scylla and charybdis
腹背受敌, 进退两难
🧩 词语组成解析
between
[bɪ'twin]
prep. 在…之间;私下，暗中;在…中任择其一;来往于…之间;
adv. 当中，中间;
n. 锡拉岩礁（靠近意大利一边的危险岩石）
and
[ənd, ən,ænd]
conj. 和，与;而且;于是，然后;因此;
n. [希神]卡律布迪斯
🗣️ 情景例句
I know.
我知道。
To examine the problem
检讨问题
These friendly dogs, which were first brought from Asia, were used as watchdogs even in Roman times.
那些最先从亚洲引进的狗，待人友好，早在罗马时代就给人当看门狗了。