hardscrabble
- adj.贫困的;勉强维持的;艰难困苦的
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He 's a bear of a man with a hardscrabble past , an art professor who paints beautiful pictures of birds .
他负担重,过去的日子过得很拮据,是位花鸟画造诣很好的美术教授。
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For starters , Chery is just a five year old state-owned enterprise , based in a hardscrabble town of Wuhu , Anhui Province .
刚开始,奇瑞不过是一间只有五年历史的坐落在安徽,芜湖一个贫瘠镇上的国营企业。
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McCarty asked her why she wanted to work in a hardscrabble neighborhood when she could earn far more in a comfortable suburb .
在面试时,帕特里夏麦卡蒂问她,为什么她要在这么贫穷的地方工作,她能获得更为舒适的工作。
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It is a savage world , filled with badlands and bluffs and hardscrabble vegetation .
一个蛮荒的世界,到处是荒野、峭壁和贫瘠的植被。
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The book covers ground familiar to anyone who follows fashion : McQueen 's hardscrabble childhood in the East End of London and the early signs of artistic promise .
这本传记中的很多内容是关注时尚的人所熟悉的:麦昆在伦敦东区度过贫困的童年,很早就表现出艺术天分。
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There was talk of " Hope " and " change " , uplifting sentiments that had not much figured in what was a hardscrabble and mean-spirited campaign .
他还谈到了“希望”和“变革”,激起一种振奋人心的情绪,而这种情绪在乏善可陈、死气沉沉的竞选活动中不曾出现。