开心英文字典

step into the breach

S 开头单词

基本解释

  • 驰援；挺身而出；充当临时代理人；填补空缺；递补防卫

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英汉例句

    双语例句

  • This leaves central banks having to step into the breach, as they did last December when interbank rates exploded.
    这使得央行不得充当“补位”的角色，这正如去年12月银行拆现问题爆发时一样。
  • And even if China is shifting out of US Treasuries, it would not necessarily cause trouble in the market as long as other buyers step into the breach.
    况且，就算中国对美国国债避而远之，只要其它买家能够补上缺口，就未必会给市场造成麻烦。
  • The government’s hope has been that private firms will step into the breach as the public sector sheds jobs because of the harsh spending cuts it has announced.
    这是由于政府大量减少支出，削减工作岗位数量所致。 政府希望私营企业能够填补这个缺口。

    • 权威例句

  • Yemen's student-led opposition says it is ready to step into the breach when Mr Saleh goes.
    ECONOMIST: But who will replace the president?
  • If the Justice Department is compromised (and the Clinton one is), Congress should step into the breach.
    FORBES: Fact and Comment
  • As the Administration appears incapable of resisting Pyongyang's stratagems, it behooves the Congress step into the breach.
    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • If you step into the breach, you do someone else's work when they are unable to do it.