英语词汇“a turn of the screw”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a turn of the screw

informal An additional degree of pressure or hardship added to a situation that is already extremely difficult to bear: the strategy was a further turn of the screw for a community already racked by paramilitary violence...

Forced to return to her pitiably poor parents, she is finally forced into prostitution and each new event in her despairing life is a turn of the screw.
His forced conversion, Antonio's final turn of the screw, makes a hilarious ending, Shylock's soul is saved.
The answer is likely to depend on the political turn of the screw.

See parent entry: screw

单词	a turn of the screw
释义	a turn of the screw informal An additional degree of pressure or hardship added to a situation that is already extremely difficult to bear: the strategy was a further turn of the screw for a community already racked by paramilitary violence... Forced to return to her pitiably poor parents, she is finally forced into prostitution and each new event in her despairing life is a turn of the screw. His forced conversion, Antonio's final turn of the screw, makes a hilarious ending, Shylock's soul is saved. The answer is likely to depend on the political turn of the screw. See parent entry: screw
随便看	swing the lead mendelevium Mendel, Gregor Johann Mendelian Mendelianism Mendelian ratio Mendelise Mendelism Mendelist Mendelize Mendelizing Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohnian mender Menderes mendicancy mendicant mendicity mending Mendip Hills mendipite Mendlesham chair Mendocino mend (one's) fences mend one's manners