at a pinch

The point of a job becomes rather more basic: to feed and house ( and, at a pinch, to educate) one's family and oneself.

工作的目的变得更为原始：为他和他的家庭提供吃和住（必要时，还有教育）。

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At a pinch it can be used as a weapon.

必要时可以把它当作武器.

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We really need three but we could manage with two at a pinch.

我们确实需要三个,但必要时两个也可以应付.

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I suppose that, at a pinch, we could use my car.

我想，必要时，我们可以用我的车。

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Never trust a friend who deserts you at a pinch.

在紧急时舍弃你的朋友不可信赖.

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We can get six people round the table at a pinch.

必要时我们可以让六个人从在一桌。

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A penny at a pinch is worth a pound.

紧要关头,小钱当大钱用.

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We can get six people round this table at a pinch.

必要时，这张桌子可以坐六个人。

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At a pinch this can be used as a weapon.

必要时,这家伙可当武器用.

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Morris is of those who can always get money at a pinch.

莫里斯这类人总能在必要的时候弄到钱.

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Never trust a friend who deserts you at a pinch.& Aesop

永远不要相信在危急时舍弃你的朋友。&伊索

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They can at least 6 people for the night at a pinch.

必要时他们至少可以“留宿”六个人.

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At a pinch you might trace the point about names back to Plato.

寻幽探微的话，追溯起来可以找到柏拉图的名字。

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And the coxswain, Israel Hands, was a careful, wily, old, experienced seaman, who could be trusted at a pinch with almost anything.

而舵手伊斯莱尔·汉兹，是个细心的、足智多谋的、老练的。经验丰富的水手，在紧要时刻，几乎任何事情都可以放心地交给他做。

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We can put up ten people for the night at a pinch.

必要时我们可以留宿十个人.

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They can put up at least 6 people for the night at a pinch.

必要时他们至少可以留宿六个人.

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You go into a dark place, big cupboards are very useful generally. Toilets, at a pinch.

你进去一个黑暗的地方，一般来说大的柜橱最实用，必要时厕所也行

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Six people, and more at a pinch, could be seated comfortably at the table.

这张桌子可以很舒服地坐6个人，而且必要时多坐几个也不会挤。

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