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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

straitened
  1. 1. adjective 经济拮据的或贫困的,生活拮据环境中,无法购买所需的所有物品

Examples

in straitened circumstances
使处于贫困的境地
He found himself in straitened circumstances.
他发现自己处于经济拮据状态下。
家境贫寒
with one's family in straitened circumstances
生活艰难
live in straitened circumstances
境况不佳
in straitened circumstances
申请困补
apply for a grant-in aid on account of one's straitened circumstances
生活困难
live in straitened circumstances
贫贱
poor and lowly; in straitened and humble circumstances

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