"drive to the wall" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 逼到絕境
• 逼到極限

Definition

把某人逼到非常困難的境地，使其在情感、精神或經濟上達到極限。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

屬於成語，偏書面或正式，多見於書面或描述性語境。常用被動語態 ‘driven to the wall’。不要和 'drive up the wall'（使人生氣）混淆。

Examples

Rising costs drive small businesses to the wall.

成本上升**逼小企業到絕境**。

Years of stress finally drove her to the wall.

多年的壓力最終**把她逼到絕境**。

Debt can drive people to the wall if they are not careful.

如果不小心，債務會**逼人到絕境**。

Competition from big companies is really driving us to the wall.

大型公司的競爭真的**把我們逼到絕境**。

He felt driven to the wall by constant criticism at work.

他因在工作上持续受到批评而**觉得被逼到绝境**。

When the bank refused to help, we were driven to the wall.

銀行拒絕幫助時，我們**被逼到絕境**。