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

• 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？
• We should improve the state policy and system for aiding students in straitened circumstances.
  完善国家资助贫困学生的政策和制度。
• 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。
• How long have they been in such straitened circumstances?
  他们陷入这样的艰难境遇有多久了？
• 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
• 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。
• Zhu Min, the Chinese economist who is deputy managing director at the IMF, said recently that Chinese consumers accounted for just$ 2tn of demand compared with US consumers who, even in their current straitened circumstances, spent about$ 10tn a year.
  中国经济学家、IMF副总裁朱民最近表示，中国消费者的需求仅为2万亿美元，而美国消费者即使在当前拮据的情况下，每年依然要消费10万亿美元。
• 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。
• In straitened times, bankers 'pay scales can only be maintained at their expense.
  在经济不景气的时期，银行家要想保持薪资水平只能自己承受代价。