英:[ˈstiki ˈwikit]
美:[ˈstɪki ˈwɪkɪt]
英:[ˈstiki ˈwikit]
美:[ˈstɪki ˈwɪkɪt]
n.
(板球)因雨后迅速晒干而很难进行
noun
a difficult or delicate problem or situation
The first known use of sticky wicket was in 1950
1 It's a bit of a sticky wicket.
2 She was on a sticky wicket when she saw her friend steal the fund-raiser money.
3 The situation is a sticky wicket, to use an old-fashioned term from the sport of cricket, for the countless interest groups that depend on money from the budget.
4 In contrast, altering and editing an image can be a much more nuanced process that makes determining what part is from humans a sticky wicket.
5 As with all questions of volcanic behaviour, the real sticky wicket is timing.
6 Ant Group are currently on a sticky wicket.
7 What is a sticky wicket is when partner is subordinate to the other.
8 In any case, Truss is on what the Brits refer to as a sticky wicket.
9 Whether the deals pay off for the media companies remains a sticky wicket.
10 This is a bit of a sticky wicket, because technically everything is a chemical.
11 We're on a sticky wicket with these negotiations they could very well fail.
我们在谈判中已陷入泥淖--很可能失败.
12 If you are delayed once again , I'm afraid, you're batting on a very sticky wicket.
如果你再耽误一次的话, 那你的处境恐怕十分不利了.
13 I was on a sticky wicket when I claimed for a new camera on my insurance because I lost the old one entirely through my own carelessness.
当我向保险公司提出要求赔偿一架新的照相机时,我处于不利的地位,困为我那架旧相机的丢失完全是由于我自己的粗心所致。