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
  1. The family of eight was living in straitened circumstances .
     八口之家日子过得很拮据。

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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• Is raising cash in straitened times a sign of weakness?
  在市场资金紧缺时期筹资是疲弱的迹象吗？
• But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
  我有当受的洗。还没有成就，我是何等的迫切呢。
• The culture of reward which the banks employed in a bullish marketplace must give way to a model which suits these straitened times.
  银行在牛市时期实行的奖励文化，必须让位于一种能够适应当前窘困时节的模式。
• I had lived a lonely childhood and a boyhood straitened by war and overshadowed by bereavement.
  我度过了寂寞的童年，少年时代备受战争苦难，又由于丧母而变得黯淡无光。
• Their poverty, their straitened environment touched his heart.
  他们的穷困，他们的窘迫处境，触动了他的心。
• He has been in straitened circumstances.
  他已经处于贫困的境地。
• In these straitened times, you cannot knock hard cash even if it is just two-thirds what you almost received two years ago.
  在当前的窘困时期，你不可能拒绝现金即使只有两年前几乎可以获得的金额的三分之二。
• 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。
• In straitened times, bankers 'pay scales can only be maintained at their expense.
  在经济不景气的时期，银行家要想保持薪资水平只能自己承受代价。