突破英語口語練習：如何用英語表達“我很窮”？

1 strapped
身無分文的，資金短少的
I'm a little strapped.
我手頭有點緊。
I'd love to go to dinner with you guys, but I'm a bit strapped for cash.
我很想和你們一起吃晚餐，可是我手頭有點緊。
 
2 as poor as a church mouse
一貧如洗
Although very rich in his youth, he is now as poor as a church mouse.
雖然年輕時很有錢，他現(xiàn)在卻窮得一貧如洗。
I'm as poor as a church mouse!
我窮到吃土。
 
3 broke
破產(chǎn)的
I'm broke.
我身無分文。
Balton went broke twice in his career.
巴爾頓一生中經(jīng)歷了兩次破產(chǎn)。
 
4 run out of dough
沒有面團了/沒錢了
I've run out of dough.
我沒錢了。
 
5 scrape by
勉強度日
Borrowing money from friends and relatives helped him to scrape by.
他全靠親朋好友的接濟度日!
 
6 not have a bean
沒有錢
I don't have a bean.
我連一個子兒都沒了。
 
7 hand to mouth
勉強糊口
We lived from hand to mouth, never knowing where the next meal was coming from.
我們?nèi)兆舆^得緊緊巴巴的，從來是吃了上頓沒下頓。
 
8 Keep body and soul together
掙錢糊口
I hate my job, but I have to keep body and soul together somehow.
我討厭我的工作，但不管怎么樣我得掙錢糊口。
 
9 make both ends meet
勉強維持生計
With five children in college, Steve still manages to make both ends meet.
有五個小孩在念大學，史蒂夫還是有辦法維持家計。
 
10 poverty
貧困
poverty line貧困線
poverty-stricken一貧如洗的
My family were living below the poverty line when I was little.
我很小的時候，我們家生活在貧困線以下。
The program was to help those poverty-stricken families.
該計劃是為了幫助貧困不堪的家庭。