拮据

One penurious year, my parents used a Swiss cheese plant.

在经济拮据的一年，我父母曾用绳状藤来代替圣诞树。

He thereafter supported himself by teaching; not surprisingly, he died in penury.

此后，他自学的支持，不奇怪，他在拮据死亡。

Liberty of equality or any type of political right is meaningless if a section of people to be for ever consigned to penury .

自由平等或任何类型的政治权利是没有意义的，如果有一节的人将永远收货人拮据。

The two financially needy writers would receive enough money so they could devote themselves entirely to "prose literature".

两位经济拮据的作家会得到足够的资金，这样他们就能完全投入到"散文"创作中。

You'll be in Queer Street unless you're more careful with money.

你花钱得多注意，不然的话，你就会感到手头拮据了。

The steadily growing inmate population "is saddling cash-strapped states with soaring costs they can ill afford and failing to have a clear impact either on recidivism or overall crime," said the report.

持续上涨的在押犯人数"是加诸现金拮据的国家成本不断上涨，他们负担不起的，并未能有一个明确的影响，无论对累犯或整体罪案数字，说："这个报告。

For those with little money and fewer scruples, a new business is taking off in town — wedding venue scalping.

对那些经济拮据并且犹豫不决的人来说，有一项新兴的服务正在上海兴起，那就是婚宴转让。

Data released on this Tuesday that Britons increase about two and half an hour each week this year. On one hand, it's because short of money makes people stay more time at home; on the other hand, it's because seeable programs increase.

本周二公布的数据显示，今年英国人每周看电视的时间增加了约两个半小时，一方面是因为经济拮据使人们待在家里的时间增多，而另外一方面则是因为可看的电视节目更多了。

He that is rich need not live sparingly, and he that can live sparingly need not be rich.

富有的人生活不拮据，节俭的人不需要成为富人。

Therefore, first I asked him if his circumstances admitted him to spare so much money at that time, and if it would not straiten him.

于是我首先问他，以他目前的情况，能不能拿出这么多的钱，拿出来会不会使他手头拮据。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。