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双十一到了，经过剁手盛宴，“尾款人”们的钱包还好吗？是时候来学习一下如何用英语表达“贫穷”了。
A global shopping festival ceremony is held in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province, on Wednesday to celebrate the Nov 11 shopping extravaganza. [Photo by Li Zhenyu/For China Daily]
1 strapped
身无分文的，资金短少的
I"m a little strapped.
我手头有点紧。
I"d love to go to dinner with you guys, but I"m a bit strapped for cash.
我很想和你们一起吃晚餐，可是我手头有点紧。
2 as poor as a church mouse
一贫如洗
Although very rich in his youth, he is now as poor as a church mouse.
虽然年轻时很有钱，他现在却穷得一贫如洗。
I"m as poor as a church mouse!
我穷到吃土。
3 broke
破产的
I"m broke.
我身无分文。
Balton went broke twice in his career.
巴尔顿一生中经历了两次破产。
4 run out of dough
没有面团了/没钱了
I"ve run out of dough.
我没钱了。
5 scrape by
勉强度日
Borrowing money from friends and relatives helped him to scrape by.
他全靠亲朋好友的接济度日!
6 not have a bean
没有钱
I don"t have a bean.
我连一个子儿都没了。
7 hand to mouth
勉强糊口
We lived from hand to mouth, never knowing where the next meal was coming from.
我们日子过得紧紧巴巴的，从来是吃了上顿没下顿。
8 Keep body and soul together
挣钱糊口
I hate my job, but I have to keep body and soul together somehow.
我讨厌我的工作，但不管怎么样我得挣钱糊口。
9 make both ends meet
勉强维持生计
With five children in college, Steve still manages to make both ends meet.
有五个小孩在念大学，史蒂夫还是有办法维持家计。
10 poverty
贫困
poverty line贫困线
poverty-stricken一贫如洗的
My family were living below the poverty line when I was little.
我很小的时候，我们家生活在贫困线以下。
The program was to help those poverty-stricken families.
该计划是为了帮助贫困不堪的家庭。
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