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

• 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。
• 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。
• Limited to existing teaching resources are insufficient and with family in straitened circumstances, so the thing that I study is very limited!
  限于现有的教学资源不足及家境贫困，所以我所学的东西都很有限！
• You are not straitened in us, but in your own bowels you are straitened.
  你们在我们心内并不窄狭，而是你们的心肠窄狭。
• 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。
• He has been in straitened circumstances. disadvantaged group
  他已经处于贫困的境地。贫困阶层，境遇差的阶层，处于不利地位的群体
• 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。
• 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？
• He has been in straitened circumstances.
  他已经处于贫困的境地。
• 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？