dirt-poor
美 
英 ['dɜːt'pʊə]
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例句
IT MAY be a small, dirt-poor tropical country but Ronald Reagan once saw Nicaragua as a potentially "mortal threat" to the United States.
在一般人眼里，尼加拉瓜只是个又小，又极度贫困的热带国家。然而罗纳德·里根却一度视其为美国潜在的致命威胁。
Free-wheeling, dirt-poor entrepreneurs might have made America great.
一贫如洗、率性而为的创业者，也许成就了美国的伟大。
These people were dirt-poor by western standards, with no running water or electricity or any other modern convenience.
用西方社会的生活标准来衡量的话，这些人极为贫困，没有自来水，居住地不通电，没有任何的现代化生活设施。
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。
The two kidnappers were dirt poor and had no experience, so they were quickly arrested by the police.
两个绑架者身无分文又毫无经验，所以很快就被警察捉拿归案。
My parents also grew up in dirt-poor poverty even after things 'recovered'.
我父母也是在极度贫困的时候成长起来的，即使事情都已经“好起来了”。
They're known as "ants, " for their willingness to work, their dirt-poor living conditions, and the seeming futility of their efforts.
他们被称作“蚁族”，因为他们乐于勤奋工作，但生活条件却很差，而且努力往往收效甚微。
To understand why wealthy people differ from well-fed animals, imagine yourself a dirt-poor (male) peasant 50 years ago.
想要知道富足的人与饱食的动物的区别，那么首先请把你想象为50年前的一位男子农夫吧。
I grew up dirt-poor in the middle of West Virginia on my grandparents' stories of the Great Depression.
我长在一贫如洗的西弗吉尼亚州中部，长在祖父母的大萧条故事里。
But the economic growth has been uneven, leaving the countryside, where the majority of the population lives, dirt poor.
但柬埔寨的经济增长一直不均衡，该国大部分人口生活在乡村，那里依旧赤贫。
That came in Dantewada, a remote, forested, dirt-poor and sparsely populated district in the south of Chhattisgarh state.
我们来说说丹德瓦达。这是一个森林密布、人烟稀少的偏远穷困地区，位于查蒂斯加尔邦南部。
Those of humble origins were born "dirt poor" , and the wealthy are often "filthy rich" .
那些卑微的人生于“肮脏的穷困”，而富有的人通常是“肮脏之富有”。
Their ancestors had been dirt poor and never saw royalty, let alone hung around with them?
“他们的祖先穷得要命，从来没有见过王族成员，更不用说和他们在一起了”。
The young man overcame his dirt-poor upbringing and now owns his village's only shop.
这位年轻人经历过儿时的艰难困苦，现在终于成了村子里唯一一个商店的主人。
Yes, if you drive an hour out of Beijing, you meet the vast dirt-poor third world of China.
是的，如果你驱车前往北京城外，一小时之后，中国极其穷困的第三世界的一面就会展现在你面前。
Burkina Faso is landlocked, most of its 15m people are dirt-poor, and it has few natural resources.
布吉纳法索是个内陆国家，一千五百万人口其中多数极为贫困，这个国家很少天然资源。
Would the rest of us be better off if China was still dirt poor?
倘若中国仍是极度贫穷之国，我们会过得更好吗？
Malaysia and Thailand, once dirt-poor, are now middle-income countries.
马来西亚和泰国，原是一贫如洗，现在也是中等收入国家了。
IF THERE is one country in the Americas that cannot afford to suffer a natural disaster, it is dirt-poor and politically fragile Haiti.
如果美洲上还存在着一个不能承受自然灾害的国家的话，那么它就是经济上极端贫困，政治上极度脆弱的海地。
Where would this dirt-poor Jack get a hundred dollars?
杰克这个穷光蛋到哪儿弄一百美元去？
Entering the capital, only then knew here dirt-poor.
进入首都，才知道这里穷得叮当响。
He was dirt poor, but he was honest and kind.
他一贫如洗，但诚实而善良。
Only a few people at that time, more than 250 years ago in China was rich, but most used to be dirt poor.
只有少数几个中国人在250年前很有钱，大多数曾经是极度贫穷。
In fact, he grew up dirt-poor in rural Tennessee.
事实上，他在贫穷的田纳西乡下长大。
It is unprecedented, considering 30 years ago, the country was dirt poor.
考虑到这个国家三十年前还是又脏又穷。
We sure are dirt poor.
我们穷的只剩土了。
Many people in retirement are going to be dirt poor because they didn't start saving early enough;
许多人在退休的时候非常贫穷因为他们没有很早地就开始节约。
