雙十一到了，經(jīng)過剁手盛宴，“尾款人”們的錢包還好嗎？是時候來學(xué)習(xí)一下如何用英語表達“貧窮”了。

1 strapped

身無分文的，資金短少的

I'm a little strapped.

我手頭有點緊。

I'd love to go to dinner with you guys, but I'm a bit strapped for cash.

我很想和你們一起吃晚餐，可是我手頭有點緊。

2 as poor as a church mouse

一貧如洗

Although very rich in his youth, he is now as poor as a church mouse.

雖然年輕時很有錢，他現(xiàn)在卻窮得一貧如洗。

I'm as poor as a church mouse!

我窮到吃土。

3 broke

破產(chǎn)的

I'm broke.

我身無分文。

Balton went broke twice in his career.

巴爾頓一生中經(jīng)歷了兩次破產(chǎn)。

4 run out of dough

沒有面團了/沒錢了

I've run out of dough.

我沒錢了。

5 scrape by

勉強度日

Borrowing money from friends and relatives helped him to scrape by.

他全靠親朋好友的接濟度日!

6 not have a bean

沒有錢

I don't have a bean.

我連一個子兒都沒了。

7 hand to mouth

勉強糊口

We lived from hand to mouth, never knowing where the next meal was coming from.

我們?nèi)兆舆^得緊緊巴巴的，從來是吃了上頓沒下頓。

8 Keep body and soul together

掙錢糊口

I hate my job, but I have to keep body and soul together somehow.

我討厭我的工作，但不管怎么樣我得掙錢糊口。

9 make both ends meet

勉強維持生計

With five children in college, Steve still manages to make both ends meet.

有五個小孩在念大學(xué)，史蒂夫還是有辦法維持家計。

10 poverty

貧困

poverty line貧困線

poverty-stricken一貧如洗的

My family were living below the poverty line when I was little.

我很小的時候，我們家生活在貧困線以下。

The program was to help those poverty-stricken families.

該計劃是為了幫助貧困不堪的家庭。

（來源：滬江英語微信公眾號  編輯：yaning）