dirt-poor

dirt-poor什么意思,dirt-poor翻译

基本解释

adj.: 很穷的
网络: 非常穷困的；赤贫的；极贫困的

权威解释

• 极贫困的；极贫穷的:

  extremely poor

英汉解释

• 很穷的

例句

• IT MAY be a small, dirt-poor tropical country but Ronald Reagan once saw Nicaragua as a potentially "mortal threat" to the United States.

  在一般人眼里，尼加拉瓜只是个又小，又极度贫困的热带国家。然而罗纳德·里根却一度视其为美国潜在的致命威胁。

• Free-wheeling, dirt-poor entrepreneurs might have made America great.

  一贫如洗、率性而为的创业者，也许成就了美国的伟大。

• These people were dirt-poor by western standards, with no running water or electricity or any other modern convenience.

  用西方社会的生活标准来衡量的话，这些人极为贫困，没有自来水，居住地不通电，没有任何的现代化生活设施。

• But it came with a price because when he was drinking, we had jobs and money. When he quit, we traded alcoholism for being dirt-poor.

  但是这有一定的代价：因为当他饮酒的时候，我们有工作和工钱。当他戒酒了，我们就只有借酒消愁穷困潦倒了。

• The two kidnappers were dirt poor and had no experience, so they were quickly arrested by the police.

  两个绑架者身无分文又毫无经验，所以很快就被警察捉拿归案。

• My parents also grew up in dirt-poor poverty even after things "recovered".

  我父母也是在极度贫困的时候成长起来的，即使事情都已经“好起来了”。

• They"re known as "ants, " for their willingness to work, their dirt-poor living conditions, and the seeming futility of their efforts.

  他们被称作“蚁族”，因为他们乐于勤奋工作，但生活条件却很差，而且努力往往收效甚微。

• To understand why wealthy people differ from well-fed animals, imagine yourself a dirt-poor (male) peasant 50 years ago.

  想要知道富足的人与饱食的动物的区别，那么首先请把你想象为50年前的一位男子农夫吧。

• I grew up dirt-poor in the middle of West Virginia on my grandparents" stories of the Great Depression.

  我长在一贫如洗的西弗吉尼亚州中部，长在祖父母的大萧条故事里。

• But the economic growth has been uneven, leaving the countryside, where the majority of the population lives, dirt poor.

  但柬埔寨的经济增长一直不均衡，该国大部分人口生活在乡村，那里依旧赤贫。