英语词汇“clutch at straws”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	clutch at straws
释义	clutch at straws to rely on ideas, hopes, or methods which are unlikely to be successful, because you are desperate and cannot think of anything else to try This extraordinary speech was made by a man clutching at straws to gain much-desiredpublicity. Examples of 'clutch at straws' in a sentence clutch at straws I just clutch at straws in the wind. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Many desperate couples clutch at straws, seeking expensive private treatments that are unlikely to work. The Sun (2013) Yet while these and some other caveats are valid as far as they go, they are, in reality, to clutch at straws. Times, Sunday Times (2008)
随便看	tit-for-tat tithable tithe direct hit direct-hit direct influence direct injection direct input direct insurer direct intervention direct involvement direction directional directional drilling directionality directional microphone direction angle direction cosine direction finder direction finding direction indicator directionless directions directions for use directive

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clutch at straws