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穷困潦倒

[qióng kùn liáo dǎo]

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AllAll,fall on evil daysfall on evil days,down and outdown and out,poorly offpoorly off,poverty-struckpoverty-struck
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1.
In the end of almost every month she had to mortgage her china, from her family, or her tablecloths.
穷困潦倒时，女人典当了娘家带来的瓷器，连桌布都拿去抵押。
qióng kùn liáo dǎo shí , nǚ rén diǎn dàng le niáng jia dài lái de cí qì , lián zhuō bù dōu ná qù dǐ yā 。
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2.
I believe he is the youngest son of an earl, but he seems to have come in the world.
我相信他是伯爵的小儿子，不过他看来已经穷困潦倒了。
wǒ xiāng xìn tā shì bó jué de xiǎo ér zǐ , bú guò tā kàn lái yǐ jīng qióng kùn liáo dǎo le 。
3.
Once upon a time, there was a poor fisherman who always dreamed of becoming rich.
从前，有一个非常穷困潦倒的渔人，整天都梦想成为一个富人。
cóng qián , yǒu yī gè fēi cháng qióng kùn liáo dǎo de yú rén , zhěng tiān dōu mèng xiǎng chéng wéi yī gè fù rén 。
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For instance, you may decide that 'four rhymes with 'poor and picture the little man turning his pockets out in the classic Monopoly game.
例如你可能会让‘poor和‘four同韵，刻画一个年轻人在传统的赌博游戏中变得穷困潦倒。
lì rú nǐ kě néng huì ràng ' poor hé ' four tóng yùn , kè huà yī gè nián qīng rén zài chuán tǒng de dǔ bó yóu xì zhōng biàn de qióng kùn liáo dǎo 。
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A newspaper of the time said those were the days of wildcat money. It said a man might be rich in the morning and poor by night.
当时一家报纸称这是野猫钱大行其道的日子，它写道一个人可能早上醒来突然暴富，也可能一夜之间穷困潦倒。
dāng shí yì jiā bào zhǐ chēng zhè shì yě māo qián dà xíng qí dào de rì zǐ , tā xiě dào yī gè rén kě néng zǎo shang xǐng lái tū rán bào fù , yě kě néng yī yè zhī jiān qióng kùn liáo dǎo 。
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Li 's impoverished father worked as a lowly company clerk and succumbed to tuberculosis , unable to afford proper treatment .
李嘉诚穷困潦倒的父亲成了一名地位低下的公司职员，并患上了肺结核，无力承担进行适当治疗的费用。
lǐ jiā chéng qióng kùn liáo dǎo de fù qīn chéng le yī míng dì wèi dī xià de gōng sī zhí yuán , bìng huàn shàng le fèi jié hé , wú lì chéng dān jìn xíng shì dàng zhì liáo de fèi yòng 。
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7.
You cannot get poor enough to help poor people thrive or sick enough to help sick people get well.
你不会穷困潦倒却还能帮助别人兴旺发达或者疾病缠身却可以帮助别人健康安好。
nǐ bú huì qióng kùn liáo dǎo què hái néng bāng zhù bié rén xīng wàng fā dá huò zhě jí bìng chán shēn què kě yǐ bāng zhù bié rén jiàn kāng ān hǎo 。
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8.
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.
但是这有一定的代价：因为当他饮酒的时候，我们有工作和工钱。当他戒酒了，我们就只有借酒消愁穷困潦倒了。
dàn shì zhè yǒu yí dìng de dài jià : yīn wèi dāng tā yǐn jiǔ de shí hou , wǒ men yǒu gōng zuò hé gōng qián 。 dāng tā jiè jiǔ le , wǒ men jiù zhǐ yǒu jiè jiǔ xiāo chóu qióng kùn liáo dǎo le 。
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9.
Professional agents tricked their impoverished and illiterate parents into giving them to the circus for a few dollars.
这些孩子的父母穷困潦倒，没有文化，他们受到掮客的蒙骗，为换取很少一点钱就把孩子送到马戏团。
zhè xiē hái zi de fù mǔ qióng kùn liáo dǎo , méi yǒu wén huà , tā men shòu dào qián kè de mēng piàn , wèi huàn qǔ hěn shǎo yì diǎn qián jiù bǎ hái zi sòng dào mǎ xì tuán 。
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10.
The pianist, he learned, was in his 40s and living in a flophouse. He had once been famous, a child prodigy, but now he was down and out.
他得知这位钢琴家40多岁，住在廉价旅馆里；曾是名神童，非常出名，但现在穷困潦倒。
tā dé zhī zhè wèi gāng qín jiā sì shí duō suì , zhù zài lián jià lǚ guǎn lǐ ; céng shì míng shén tóng , fēi cháng chū míng , dàn xiàn zài qióng kùn liáo dǎo 。
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