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
People are busy shopping and wrapping presents for relatives and friends before Christmas Eve.
在圣诞节前夜，人们忙着为亲朋好友买东西、包礼物。
The voice is not distinct.
声音不清楚。
They will hardly know which facts to select from the great mass of evidence that steadily accumulates.
对于逐渐积累起来的庞大材料，他们几乎不知道选取哪些好，