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
- 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。 - So he returned his straitened means to his pocket, and gave up the idea of trying to buy the boys.
于是他又把这几件可怜的宝贝玩意装进口袋，打消了用这些来收买那些男孩子的念头。 - 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。 - 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？ - 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）。 - We should improve the state policy and system for aiding students in straitened circumstances.
完善国家资助贫困学生的政策和制度。 - Straitened banks lend less, sucking money out of the economy.
孱弱不堪的银行会收紧银根，将资金从经济中抽走。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。