柯林斯詞典straitened /?stre?t?nd/ 1. ADJ If someone is living in straitened circumstances, they do not have as much money as they used to, and are finding it very hard to buy or pay for everything that they need. 經(jīng)濟(jì)拮據(jù)的[正式] [usu ADJ n] His father died when he was ten, leaving the family in straitened circumstances. 他十歲時(shí)父親去世了，家里生活變得很拮據(jù)。 返回 straitened劍橋詞典A straitened situation is difficult because there is much less money available to you than there was in the past. 拮據(jù)的，窘迫的；經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況惡化的 A lot of people are finding themselves in very straitened circumstances because of the recession . 因?yàn)榻?jīng)濟(jì)蕭條，很多人生活拮據(jù)。 返回 straitened