译词 | 除了 poor 之外，“穷”还有这么多表达法！
英文解释：You don't have any money to save because whatever you earn is spent on food and other essentials.
中文解释：糊口度日
例句：Most families in that area live from hand to mouth.
英文解释：People who live on the breadline have a very low income or barely enough money to survive.
中文解释：breadline指的是等待分配救济食物的队伍
例句：Due to the recent crisis, there are more people on the breadline than ever before.
英文解释： You spend part of the money you have put aside for future use.
中文解释：动用存款
例句：I had to dip into my savings to have the car repaired.
英文解释：begin to suffer from a lack of money
中文解释：pinch的基本意思是用手“捏”“掐”,引申可作“节省”
例句：With the drop in tourism, hotels and restaurants are beginning to feel the pinch.
英文解释：have very little money
中文解释：经济困难，缺钱
例句：We were so hard up that we had to sleep in the car.
英文解释：An amount of money considered small or unimportant is called chicken feed.
中文解释：很少的钱
例句：I got a job during the holidays but the paywas chicken feed.
来源：线话英语
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