穷

• The question was a quick, shrewd parry .
  这句问话是一种穷急智生的狡猾的遁辞。
• She is not so much poor as careless with money .
  她倒不是穷而是太不在乎钱了。
• She is by no means poor ; in fact , she is quite rich .
  她可不穷，其实她很阔。
• Tell me you are poor because you are a student .
  告诉我你很穷是因为你是个学生。
• He was the son of a poor pastor .
  他是一个穷牧师的儿子。
• He was so profuse with his money that he is now poor .
  他大肆浪费金钱，现在穷了。
• I was now at the end of my tether .
  这时我已智穷力竭。
• "see the curse of poverty, nell," he said .
  “你看这便是穷神作祟，耐儿，”他说着。
• The man, though poor, showed an inbred courtesy .
  那人虽穷，却表现出天生的谦恭有礼。
• They were poor but proud .
  他们虽然穷，但很有骨气。