pinned down

In most cases, events cannot be pinned down to a specific month or day, just a season or period (eg. before September).

大部分情况下，事件不会被特殊的月份或日期压倒，那只不过是一个季节或者一个时期（例如：九月之前）。

He said he and his family had been pinned down by heavy gunfire for more than seven hours on Sunday in their home on Sirte's east side.

他说周日密集的炮火把他和家人困在苏尔特东部的家中达七个多小时。

It had taken all his strength to keep her pinned down and let the garrote do its job.

制服她就费劲了他的所有力气，后面就由绳索完成任务了。

And with the U. S. pinned down in Iraq and Afghanistan there's little Washington can do to scare Iran into changing its ambitions.

由于美国深陷伊拉克和阿富汗，华盛顿无法恐吓伊朗改变其野心。

For most of the following day the men were pinned down, finding themselves unable either to advance or to retreat.

天亮后，他们被压制住了，前不能进攻，后不能撤退，陷入两难的境地。

The precise sources of the PCB plume should be pinned down and used to complete the pollutant inventories of African countries, she says.

她说，这些氯联苯的污染源必须被清除掉，以完善非洲国家污染物清单。

Millions of Americans now find themselves pinned down in places where unemployment rates are well above the national average.

目前几百万美国民众发现自己被“钉”在失业率远超过全国平均水平的地方。

It was a dangerously foolish area to which they pinned down a major portion of US military power.

他们把美国一大部分军事力量困在那个地区，这样做是愚蠢而危险的。

Great Britain's air force and, to a lesser extent, her ground and sea forces were largely pinned down to the defense of her home country.

英国空军及其小规模陆海军，均着眼于基本上的防御。

A proposal attached to the accord calls for a legally binding treaty to be pinned down by the end of next year.

该协议所附的提案要求将刊登在明年年底颁布的一项具有法律约束力的条约。

It was bad enough for the trap to be biting his foot, but to have his neck pinned down that way was too much.

脚被夹子咬住就已经够惨了，如今脖子又被叉住，萨米气疯了。

Most of his Republican colleagues, however, prefer not to be pinned down.

但是大部分他的共和党同事却不赞同。

Proponents of intelligent-designtheory frequently decline to be pinned down on these points.

智慧设计论的支持者通常不愿放下架子来回答这些问题。

He refused to be pinned down on the question.

他拒绝对这个问题明确表态。

Large numbers of the enemy's main force were at last pinned down.

敌人的许多主力部队终于被牵制住了。

The Babel of languages keeps workers pinned down in their own country.

语言巴比伦在他们自己的国家保留工作者被别住下来。

She said she became a butterfly pinned down and singing away in Movieland.

她说，她成为牵制蝴蝶在电影园地和唱歌了。

But the administration has resisted being pinned down on concrete deficit reduction.

但是政府依然拒绝受制于减少有形的赤字。

Only by creating our own thing we have the discourse power and would not be pinned down.

只有自己创造的东西我们才有话语权，才不会被牵制。

Just pinned down the location of a trapped two-year-old and dispatched a team to attempt a rescue.

刚确定有一个两岁小孩被压的位置，正调派队伍进行营救。