in rather a hole

基本解釋

Having lost my money puts me in rather a hole.
丟了錢使我陷入相當大困境。
Much of it has come from people in developing countries who want a stable hidey-hole for their money rather than to escape the taxman.
這些現(xiàn)金大多來自發(fā)展中國家的人，這些人想把它們的錢財放在一個穩(wěn)定的“藏身之處”，而不是為了逃避稅收檢查員。
" The term "black hole" is widespread, even though it does not refer to a hole in the usual sense, but rather a region of space from which nothing can return.
所謂“黑洞”是廣義的，即使以通常理解它不表示一個洞，而是沒有東西能返回的一個空間區(qū)域。
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