1、The firm is in dire straits and may go bankrupt.
這商行已陷入岌岌可危的境地，可能要破產(chǎn)了。

2、Republican concept of deep support of the people in dire straits unchanged.
共和觀念深民心，水深火熱未改變。

3、With a debt-to-revenue ratio of 312%, Greece is in dire straits already.
312％的債務(wù)與收入比例已經(jīng)將希臘陷入絕境。