dirt-poor

dirt-poor

美 　英 ['d??t'p??]

  • adj.很窮的
  • 網絡非常窮困的；赤貧的；極貧困的

英漢雙解

adj.
1.
極貧困的；極貧窮的extremely poor

英漢解釋

adj.
1.
很窮的

英英解釋

adj.

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，尼加拉瓜只是個又小，又極度貧困的熱帶國家。然而羅納德·里根卻一度視其為美國潛在的致命威脅。

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

一貧如洗、率性而為的創業者，也許成就了美國的偉大。

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

用西方社會的生活標準來衡量的話，這些人極為貧困，沒有自來水，居住地不通電，沒有任何的現代化生活設施。

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.

但是這有一定的代價：因為當他飲酒的時候，我們有工作和工錢。當他戒酒了，我們就只有借酒消愁窮困潦倒了。

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

兩個綁架者身無分文又毫無經驗，所以很快就被警察捉拿歸案。

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

我父母也是在極度貧困的時候成長起來的，即使事情都已經“好起來了”。

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

他們被稱作“蟻族”，因為他們樂于勤奮工作，但生活條件卻很差，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.

想要知道富足的人與飽食的動物的區別，那么首先請把你想象為50年前的一位男子農夫吧。

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

我長在一貧如洗的西弗吉尼亞州中部，長在祖父母的大蕭條故事里。

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

但柬埔寨的經濟增長一直不均衡，該國大部分人口生活在鄉村，那里依舊赤貧。

That came in Dantewada, a remote, forested, dirt-poor and sparsely populated district in the south of Chhattisgarh state.

我們來說說丹德瓦達。這是一個森林密布、人煙稀少的偏遠窮困地區，位于查蒂斯加爾邦南部。

Those of humble origins were born "dirt poor" , and the wealthy are often "filthy rich" .

那些卑微的人生于“骯臟的窮困”，而富有的人通常是“骯臟之富有”。

Their ancestors had been dirt poor and never saw royalty, let alone hung around with them?

“他們的祖先窮得要命，從來沒有見過王族成員，更不用說和他們在一起了”。

The young man overcame his dirt-poor upbringing and now owns his village's only shop.

這位年輕人經歷過兒時的艱難困苦，現在終于成了村子里唯一一個商店的主人。

Yes, if you drive an hour out of Beijing, you meet the vast dirt-poor third world of China.

是的，如果你驅車前往北京城外，一小時之后，中國極其窮困的第三世界的一面就會展現在你面前。

Burkina Faso is landlocked, most of its 15m people are dirt-poor, and it has few natural resources.

布吉納法索是個內陸國家，一千五百萬人口其中多數極為貧困，這個國家很少天然資源。

Would the rest of us be better off if China was still dirt poor?

倘若中國仍是極度貧窮之國，我們會過得更好嗎？

Malaysia and Thailand, once dirt-poor, are now middle-income countries.

馬來西亞和泰國，原是一貧如洗，現在也是中等收入國家了。

IF THERE is one country in the Americas that cannot afford to suffer a natural disaster, it is dirt-poor and politically fragile Haiti.

如果美洲上還存在著一個不能承受自然災害的國家的話，那么它就是經濟上極端貧困，政治上極度脆弱的海地。

Where would this dirt-poor Jack get a hundred dollars?

杰克這個窮光蛋到哪兒弄一百美元去？

Entering the capital, only then knew here dirt-poor.

進入首都，才知道這里窮得叮當響。

He was dirt poor, but he was honest and kind.

他一貧如洗，但誠實而善良。

Only a few people at that time, more than 250 years ago in China was rich, but most used to be dirt poor.

只有少數幾個中國人在250年前很有錢，大多數曾經是極度貧窮。

In fact, he grew up dirt-poor in rural Tennessee.

事實上，他在貧窮的田納西鄉下長大。

It is unprecedented, considering 30 years ago, the country was dirt poor.

考慮到這個國家三十年前還是又臟又窮。

We sure are dirt poor.

我們窮的只剩土了。

Many people in retirement are going to be dirt poor because they didn't start saving early enough;

許多人在退休的時候非常貧窮因為他們沒有很早地就開始節約。