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
If you flatter your mother a bit she might invite us all to dinner.
你如果多奉承你母亲几句话，说不定她会把我们全部请去吃饭。
It's a pain in the neck having to meet them at the airport.
必须到机场去接他们，真讨厌。
and an American-made dialysis machine needs the EU's okay before is hits the market in Europe.
而美国制造的透析仪也要得到欧盟的首肯才能进入欧洲市场。