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The pirates had to fight and be killed or give up and be hanged ; they were between scylla and charybdis .

海盗们要么搏斗、被击毙，要么投降、被绞死，反正他们是濒临绝境了。

He was between scylla and charybdis , for his company had betrayed him .

他的同伴背叛了他，至使他腹背受敌。

If , in the middle east , america remains caught between the scylla of the autocrats and the charybdis of the terrorists , asian countries could soon start thinking of new security arrangements without america .

在中东，如果美国继续夹在独裁者和恐怖分子之间腹背受敌，亚洲国家将很快抛开美国，开始思考新的安全框架。

One falls into scylia in seeking to avoid charybdis .

为避虎穴，落入狼窝。

Biological characteristics and progress in farming study of charybdis japonica .

日本鲟生物学及其养殖研究进展。