to do something to avoid an accident or bad situationto do something to avoid an accident or bad situation
принимать меры для предотвращения чего-либо
said in a bad situation when something good happens unexpectedlysaid in a bad situation when something good happens unexpectedly
（用于在糟糕的形势下出现转机时）天助我也！老天有眼！
If something is teetering on the brink/edge of a bad situation, it is likely that the situation willIf something is teetering on the brink/edge of a bad situation, it is likely that the situation will
What we are seeing now is a country teetering on the brink of civil war.
a bad situation:a bad situation:
The emigration of scientists is a catastrophe for the country.
B2 a determined effort to achieve something in a difficult situation or to change a bad situation:B2 a determined effort to achieve something in a difficult situation or to change a bad situation:
a long battle against cancer
during the worst period of a bad situationduring the worst period of a bad situation
处于最艰难的时期 The company was started in the depth of the recession of the 1930s. 该公司创办于20世纪30年代经济最萧条的时期。
infml I am in the same bad situation as you are:infml I am in the same bad situation as you are:
\"I’ve got no money till payday.\" \"Join the club!\"
said in answer to something that someone has said, meaning that you are in the same bad situation assaid in answer to something that someone has said, meaning that you are in the same bad situation as
\"I\'ve got no money till the end of this week.\" \"Join the club!\"
the process of forcing someone to remain in a bad situationthe process of forcing someone to remain in a bad situation
（被）奴役，（受）束缚 The party’s enslavement to special interests is doing harm both to the party and to the nation. 这个政党受制于特殊利益集团，这对党和国家都是有害的。
[ C usually singular ] literary a dangerous or bad situation in which you become more and more invol[ C usually singular ] literary a dangerous or bad situation in which you become more and more invol
I was sucked into a vortex of despair.
