救命稻草

抓救命稻草是无济于事的。

It is useless to clutch at straws .

他那样做好像一个快要淹死的人拼命想捞救命稻草一样。

He acted like a drowning man trying to catch at a straw .

对于违约在即的国家来说，国际货币基金组织（TheInternationalMonetaryFund）无疑是最后的一根救命稻草。

The International Monetary Fund is known as the lender of last resort to countries on the brink of default .

伦敦朗伯德街研究（LombardStreetResearch）的加布里埃尔•斯坦（GabrielStein）表示：希望总是存在，而在面对美国经济明显放缓时，这种希望就叫脱钩论。他将这种希望称为非常脆弱的救命稻草。

Hope always remains , and in the face of a sharp US slowdown , that hope is called decoupling , says Gabriel Stein of Lombard Street Research in London , who describes this hope as a very weak reed to rely on .

他看见警察好像抓住了救命稻草。

He saw the policeman as if he clutched the straw .

当导航不能使用的时候，搜索对于用户来说，是救命稻草。

Search is the user 's lifeline when navigation fails .

查理继续恳切地说着，我迟疑了一下的时候，他甚至像抓住了救命稻草似的语无伦次起来。

Charlie continued eagerly , almost babbling with relief as I hesitated .

我…我也不知道只是想像抓住救命稻草一样

I don 't know , a desperate attempt to hold on to

上海车展已经不是盛宴，而是世界汽车巨头的救命稻草。

Shanghai Auto Show is not the feast , or perhaps life-saving straw .

所谓个人化药物早已成为药物研究人员的救命稻草。

So-called personalised medicine has long been the Holy Grail of drugs researchers .

抓救命稻草是无济于事的。

It is useless to clutch at a straw .

罪犯装疯，企图抓住一根救命稻草。

The criminal tried to grasp at a straw by feigning mental disorder .

我知道，这是在抓救命稻草，他无可奈何地说。

This is grasping at straws , I know , said the helpless man .

这种被称为救命稻草的工具，其工作原理就像饮水的吸管一样。

It 's called LifeStraw , and it works just like a drinking straw .

这也是凯莎最后一根救命稻草了。

It is the final straw for Keisha .

她也就此成为华盛顿政客和公众人物在危机中的救命稻草。

She 's become the go-to gal for D.C. politicians and public figures in crisis .

我来为你提供一根救命稻草

I am giving you a lifeline .

他们见救命稻草就捞。

They grasped at every straw .

当市场行情恶化时，贷款的持续收益将成为他们的救命稻草。

The loans also give them recurring income to fall back on when market conditions worsen .

丰田模式不是救命稻草

Toyota Model Is Not a Life-Saver

如果撤出这救命稻草一般的注资，它可能会加剧夏普走向破产。

By withdrawing a much-needed lifeline , it might well be propelling Sharp towards eventual bankruptcy .

当基本面因素无法解释的时候，这一谬论通常会被用作最后的救命稻草。

It is generally deployed as a last resort , when the fundamentals have fallen by the wayside .

但官员们表示，这被视为最后一根救命稻草，不太可能很快实施。

But this is seen as a last resort and is unlikely to be established soon , say officials .

要顽强地活下去，他必须保持人与人之间的各种关系，因此他争抢着每一根救命稻草。

To adhere to life , he must adhere to human relationships , and he caught at every straw .

那么如何再采取其他的调控手段，现在房产税成了最后一根救命稻草。

So how to take other means of control , now the property tax has become the last straw .

任何看似解决问题的方法，我们都当它是救命稻草：一个月6千万用于公共救济？

We clutch at anything that even looks like a solution . $ 60 million a month for public relief ?

她提出减薪来保留她的工作，但她这只是在捞救命稻草。

She offered to take a pay cut to keep her job , but she was just grasping at straws .

同样的原因，许多跨国企业都梦想中国是他们紧紧抓住的那根救命稻草。

The dream of China is the life preserver many multinational corporations are clinging to , not without some reason .

数亿美元赞助费和旅游收入面临的威胁，到新西兰人号召对祖国忠诚这根救命稻草了。

With hundreds of millions in sponsorship money and tourism revenue at stake , loyalty appears to go only so far .

当我每次需要向他人解释我不吃肉时，这句话是我的救命稻草。

This is a life-saver for me every time I have to explain to people that I do not eat meat .