straitened

英 [ˈstreɪtnd]

美 [ˈstreɪtnd]

adj.  经济拮据的; 穷困的; 经济状况恶化的

BNC.37097 / COCA.40731

牛津词典

adj.

• 经济拮据的；穷困的；经济状况恶化的
  without enough money or as much money as there was before
  1. The family of eight was living in straitened circumstances .
     八口之家日子过得很拮据。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 经济拮据的;穷困潦倒的
  If someone is living instraitenedcircumstances, they do not have as much money as they used to, and are finding it very hard to buy or pay for everything that they need.
  1. His father died when he was ten, leaving the family in straitened circumstances...
     他 10 岁时父亲去世了，家里生活变得很拮据。
  2. There is much talk of cuts in the diplomatic service in these straitened times.
     在如今经济不景气的情况下，有很多传言说要削减外交支出。

双语例句

• In these straitened times, you cannot knock hard cash even if it is just two-thirds what you almost received two years ago.
  在当前的窘困时期，你不可能拒绝现金即使只有两年前几乎可以获得的金额的三分之二。
• And Pharao will say of the children of Israel: They are straitened in the land, the desert hath shut them in.
  如此，法郎必然以为以色列子民在国境内迷了路，旷野困住了他们。
• Is raising cash in straitened times a sign of weakness?
  在市场资金紧缺时期筹资是疲弱的迹象吗？
• Instead of being able to offset a squeeze on margins with higher leverage and a rush into complex credit derivatives, they will have to operate in straitened circumstances, under tighter and more intrusive global regulatory oversight.
  他们非但不能借助增加负债和大举使用复杂的信用衍生品来抵消利润率所受的挤压，而且必须在限制重重的环境中，在更严厉和更具干预性的全球监管下运营。
• Straitened banks lend less, sucking money out of the economy.
  孱弱不堪的银行会收紧银根，将资金从经济中抽走。
• Work-study and Mental Health of Students in Straitened Circumstances
  勤工助学对贫困大学生心理健康的作用
• Out of her naive class consciousness, she showed sympathy for the poor. Despite her own straitened circumstances, she often went out of her way to help out those relatives who were even more needy than herself.
  母亲同情贫苦的人这是她朴素的阶级意识虽然自己不富裕，还周济和照顾比自己更穷的亲戚。
• Limited to existing teaching resources are insufficient and with family in straitened circumstances, so the thing that I study is very limited!
  限于现有的教学资源不足及家境贫困，所以我所学的东西都很有限！
• I had lived a lonely childhood and a boyhood straitened by war and overshadowed by bereavement.
  我度过了寂寞的童年，少年时代备受战争苦难，又由于丧母而变得黯淡无光。
• His father died when he was ten, leaving the family in straitened circumstances
  他10岁时父亲去世了，家里生活变得很拮据。