Straitened
[ ['streitnd] ]
出国 Abroad
a. 困苦的, 拮据的, 困苦的
📝 例句
They were straitened for money.
他们苦於没有钱缮。
In this confinement I began to be straitened for food.
在这种被困的情况下，我的粮食渐渐缺乏起来。
They were straitened for money [time].
他们苦于没有钱[时间]。
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？
in straitened circumstances
在穷困中
📖 牛津释义
straitened
adj
(idm 习语) in straitened `circumstances (fml esp euph 文, 尤作委婉语) having scarcely enough money to live on; in poverty 勉强糊口的; 穷困的.
🗣️ 情景例句
You were four or five years old, I think.
当时你才四、五岁 我想。
My brother is twice as tall as your sister.
我弟弟比你妹妹高一倍。
Of course.I think there are a few in that box.
当然可以。我想那个盒子里有一些。