穷困的 meaning in English
destitue
impoverished
necessitous
needy
strait
Examples
- From her youth up she had seen little but poverty .
从少年时代起,她所经历的尽是穷困的生活。 - If the government habitually destroyed wealth, the country must have been poor ?
如果一个政府习以为常地损耗财富,那么,这个国家一定是很穷困的,对不? - They were for the most part tame, broken-spirited, poor wretches who contentedly resigned themselves to a life of miserable toil and poverty .
他们大都是顺从的精神沮丧的可怜虫,甘心地过着悲惨的劳苦穷困的生活。 - The majority work hard and live in poverty in order that the minority may live in luxury without working at all .
为了使这些占人口少数的人可以不从事劳动而又过着穷奢极欲的生活,大多数人就必须拼命干活,并且过着穷困的生活。 - His family puts him down for his poor career
他的家庭也因为他穷困的职业而放弃了他