straitened
英 [ˈstreɪtnd]
美 [ˈstreɪtnd]
adj. 经济拮据的; 穷困的; 经济状况恶化的
BNC.37097 / COCA.40731
牛津词典
adj.
- 经济拮据的；穷困的；经济状况恶化的
without enough money or as much money as there was before- The family of eight was living in straitened circumstances .
八口之家日子过得很拮据。
- The family of eight was living in straitened circumstances .
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 经济拮据的;穷困潦倒的
If someone is living instraitenedcircumstances, they do not have as much money as they used to, and are finding it very hard to buy or pay for everything that they need.- His father died when he was ten, leaving the family in straitened circumstances...
他 10 岁时父亲去世了，家里生活变得很拮据。 - There is much talk of cuts in the diplomatic service in these straitened times.
在如今经济不景气的情况下，有很多传言说要削减外交支出。
- His father died when he was ten, leaving the family in straitened circumstances...
双语例句
- You are not straitened in us, but in your own bowels you are straitened.
你们在我们心内并不窄狭，而是你们的心肠窄狭。 - The step of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong.
他强健的脚步要踌躇不前，他的计谋必使自己颠仆。 - It argues that its obsessive focus on low prices is in keeping with the straitened times.
该公司声称其锲而不舍的低价策略十分适合萧条时期的市场情况。 - And Pharao will say of the children of Israel: They are straitened in the land, the desert hath shut them in.
如此，法郎必然以为以色列子民在国境内迷了路，旷野困住了他们。 - Limited to existing teaching resources are insufficient and with family in straitened circumstances, so the thing that I study is very limited!
限于现有的教学资源不足及家境贫困，所以我所学的东西都很有限！ - Out of her naive class consciousness, she showed sympathy for the poor. Despite her own straitened circumstances, she often went out of her way to help out those relatives who were even more needy than herself.
母亲同情贫苦的人这是她朴素的阶级意识虽然自己不富裕，还周济和照顾比自己更穷的亲戚。 - Which you'll find a much more straitened way of life than what I'm offering you?
你发现哪一种生活方式是比我提供给你更令人不好受的？ - O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened?
雅各家阿，岂可说耶和华的心不忍耐吗（或作心肠狭窄吗）。 - It is almost an item of faith among development economists that the poor act rationally, however straitened their circumstances.
无论多么穷困潦倒，穷人做事都很理性，这几乎成了发展经济学家所持的信念。 - How long have they been in such straitened circumstances?
他们陷入这样的艰难境遇有多久了？