今日问题
⊙“我很穷”如何用英语表达？⊙
明天就是双十一了，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 bitstrapped 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 toscrape 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 togethersomehow.
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 贫穷，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。