一年一度的双十一又到了，经过昨晚的剁手盛宴，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。

 

　　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 mout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。