Such reliance on conventional economic thinking amounts to clutching at straws. This chapter discusses that massive government funding on roads and transport infrastructure, for example, supports all automotive
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orhopein adifficultsituation, even though it will probably beunsuccessfulI knew that trying the alternative medicine was just clutching at straws.→clutchExamples from the Corpusbe clutching at straws•Greenpondsshould not be a problem now, but come nextsummer, you maybe clutching at straws....
Destiny's End - Clutching At Straws
Clutching at Straws豆瓣评分:8.0 简介:24 bit digitally remastered reissue of the hit prog rock group's 1987 album, complete with a bonus CD featuring 12 rare tracks & CD-ROM material. This was the last album recorded with the original lin
句子中的“As if clutching at straws”是省略结构,完整形式应为“As if I were clutching at straws”,符合语法规则;“clutch at straws”是固定短语,意为“(情急之下)抓住救命稻草”,使用恰当。主句“I dialed the number again and again”时态正确(过去时),“dialed...again and again”表反复动作,逻辑...
Disc 1: Clutching At Straws (2018 Andy Bradfield & Avril Mackintosh Re-mix) 1. Hotel Hobbies 2. Warm Wet Circles 3. That Time of the Night (The Short Straw) 4. Going Under (Alternate Version) 5. Just for the Record 6. White Russian ...
→be clutching at strawsatclutch1(1) 2to be trying everything you can to succeed, even though the things you are doing are not likely to help or work〔在危难中〕抓救命稻草,不放过任何微小的机会 Examples from the Corpus be clutching/grasping at straws•Green ponds should not be a problem...
Grasping at straws means to be so desperate as to try even the most unlikely means to save oneself. It comes from the proverb: "A drowning man will catch at a
Nevertheless, all over the world the usefulness of ergonomics has been brought up for discussion; a process which ergonomists could not prevent. Many a time the discussions resulted in the reduction of staff, or even in liquidation of the ergonomics department. On the basis of experience in ...