suffering from both poverty and sickness; be beset by poverty and illness; sick as well as poor; suffer from poverty and illness; be a prey to poverty and ill health
Example Sentences:
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Hampered by illness and poverty, he devoted himself to poetry and to music, becoming a flautist in a baltimore orchestra . 他在贫病交迫之下献身于诗歌与音乐，做了巴尔的摩交响乐团的笛手。
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I can ' t just turn my back on him now that he ' s ill and poor 我不能因为他贫病交迫而背弃他
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I can ' t just turn my back on him now that he ' s ill and poor 我不能因为他贫病交迫而背弃他。
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Her life was devoted to caring for the sick and needy 她一生都致力于关心照顾贫病交迫的人。
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Sick and starving refugees are the flotsam and jetsam of war 贫病交迫的难民都是在战争中流离失所的。
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You don t know the value of money , you live hard , you ll knock up one of these days , and be ill and poor ; you really ought to think about a nurse 你日子过得辛苦，不久就会遍体鳞伤，然后就是贫病交迫。你的确应当考虑找个保姆了。 ”
