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

at a pinch

UK US in a pinch

Something that you can do at a pinch can be done if it is really necessary, but it will be difficult, not perfect, or not what you would really like:

I need £2,000 to set up the business, but I suppose £1,500 would do at a pinch.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Merely and barely

all
all of sth idiom
barely
but
by a whisker idiom
by inches idiom
hardly
ill
inch
mere
merest
narrowly
nothing
nothing more than idiom
only
pinch
scarce
scarcely

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单词	at a pinch
释义	English at a pinch UK US in a pinch Something that you can do at a pinch can be done if it is really necessary, but it will be difficult, not perfect, or not what you would really like: I need £2,000 to set up the business, but I suppose £1,500 would do at a pinch. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Merely and barely all all of sth idiom barely but by a whisker idiom by inches idiom hardly ill inch mere merest narrowly nothing nothing more than idiom only pinch scarce scarcely See more results »
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