on the ropes信息详情
濒于失败；完全无力回击；处于困境
the ropes───绳索
be on the ropes───（登山者）用绳相互系在一起
ropes───n.(Ropes)人名；(英)罗普斯；n.绳索（rope的复数）；围绳
learn the ropes───摸到门道；弄清内幕；知道事情的内情；摸到窍门[线索]，弄清内幕; 摸头
know the ropes───v.知道内情; 老马识途; 懂行
belaying ropes───系缆
battling ropes───战斗绳（健身器材）
icy ropes───冰绳
jumping ropes───跳绳（jumprope的复数）
The firm was really on the ropes. Besides the heavy debts, it also lost the trust among its employees.───这个公司处于岌岌可危之中。除了债台高筑，它正在失去其员工的信任。
nearly doubled their market share and we're on the ropes.───他们的市场占有率更是增长了一倍，我们的情况很不利。
They hauled away on the ropes.───他们一直在用绳子拉。
host: frist, let us show early in the round when you head him on the ropes and you butt him, was that some reflect actions?───主持人：首先，让我们谈谈在那个回合的早些时候，你把梅威瑟逼到围绳边，然后用头撞了他，你这是条件反射的动作吗？
Porsche, a maker of sports cars, was on the ropes in the early 1990s but is now one of Europe's most profitable companies.───上世纪90年代初曾一度命悬一线的保时捷，如今成为欧洲获利最多的品牌之一。
Yet with the U. S. economy again on the ropes, it is difficult to see Europe coming back very strongly.───然而，由于美国经济再陷疲软，故欧洲经济亦难现强劲成长。
By repeatedly undercutting his prices, his competitors soon had him on the ropes.───不停降价，他很快被竞争对手逼入绝境了。
I had fallen into a hole and was hanging on the ropes tied to the sled.───我掉进了洞，挂在绑着雪撬的绳子上。
I had fallern into a hole and was hanging on the ropes tied to the sled.───我掉进了一个窟窿，正悬在连接着雪橇的绳子上。