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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• The disabled form a special social group in straitened circumstances.
  残疾人是一个特殊而困难的社会群体。
• So he returned his straitened means to his pocket, and gave up the idea of trying to buy the boys.
  于是他又把这几件可怜的宝贝玩意装进口袋，打消了用这些来收买那些男孩子的念头。
• The culture of reward which the banks employed in a bullish marketplace must give way to a model which suits these straitened times.
  银行在牛市时期实行的奖励文化，必须让位于一种能够适应当前窘困时节的模式。
• It is almost an item of faith among development economists that the poor act rationally, however straitened their circumstances.
  无论多么穷困潦倒，穷人做事都很理性，这几乎成了发展经济学家所持的信念。
• 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。