be utterly isolated 四面楚歌
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“四面楚歌”,汉语成语,形容人们遭受各方面攻击或逼迫的人事环境,而致陷于孤立窘迫的境地,可以翻译为“be surrounded by enemies on all sides; be under attack from all directions; be utterly isolated”。
例句:
在这四面楚歌的情况下,他没有别的办法,只好暂时放弃他的计划。
Finding himself under fire from all quarters, he had no alternative but to abandon his scheme for the time being.