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

• 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。
• 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。
• Work-study and Mental Health of Students in Straitened Circumstances
  勤工助学对贫困大学生心理健康的作用
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• At Ogilvy, the advertising agency, they are adapting their cards to reflect our straitened times.
  广告公司奥美（ogilvy）正在修改自己的名片，以反映目前所处的困难环境。
• 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。
• 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。