The team aren't doing so well at the moment are they? They seem to have hit a bad patch.该队目前表现不佳，是不是？他们好像正处于一段困难时期。My father hit a bad patch, he had to sell the house.我父亲遇到了大麻烦，只得把房子卖了。He hit a bad patch this year, having two operations in three months.今年他可倒霉了，三个月开了两次刀。