They've got us over a barrel. Either we agree to their terms or we lose the money.

他们让我们别无选择。我们要么答应他们的条件，要么损失这笔钱。

《牛津词典》

I had to comply; she knew about my indiscretion and she had me over a barrel.

我不得不照做，她知道我不检点之处，因此我被她控制了。

youdao

Average extractions costs there will increase from just over $12 a barrel in 2011 to more than $15 in 2035, as production increases by more than 17m b/d.

随着每天增加1700万桶产量，平均炼油成本从2011年的12美元每桶上升到2035年的超过15美元每桶。

youdao

Who, of course, knowing that they had them over a barrel, were not playing ball.

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