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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
- 穷困
[qióngkùn]
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adjective
poverty-stricken
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 穷困
[qióngkùn]
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形
生活穷苦，处境困难
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发展经济，改变穷困面貌。
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Examples
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我不忍看到老年人生活穷困，无人照料。
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I cannot bear to see old people living in poverty and neglect.
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穷困潦倒，走投无路
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be down-and-out and have no place to turn
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别看我现在穷困潦倒，我家上世可是有名的富翁。
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Though I am poor and wretched now, my progenitors were famously wealthy.
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他大学毕业后，自愿到穷困的山乡支教，做了一个民办教师。
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After graduation, he volunteered to be a community-supported teacher in the poor countryside.
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Migrants are likely to be poor and underemployed.
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移民很可能穷困而且找不到全职工作。
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Education is imposed in disregard of the pattern of life for the rural poor.
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教育是实施在漠视穷困农村生活方式上的。
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He has spent a lot of his time writing to a poor ignorant serving girl.
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他花了很多时间给一个穷困愚昧的女服务生写信。
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She laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter.
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她在一封感人至深的信中向他描述了她的穷困情形。
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Collocations
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穷困潦倒
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improverished
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穷困的日子
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poor days
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穷困人家
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a poor family
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生活穷困
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a poor life
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