你遇到过向朋友借钱而被拒绝的窘迫局面吗?那是因为你还没学会怎么“哭穷,今天就来教大家几招吧~~ 1. low on cash 缺钱花 例句:OK, you got me. I'm low on cash this month! 好吧。你猜对了。我这个月正缺钱呢! 2. poor as a church mouse 像教堂里的耗子那么穷,一贫如洗 例句:Nobody could imagine that he was as poor as a church mouse when he first came to Hong Kong. 没人能想象到当初他刚来到香港的时候是一贫如洗的。 3. dirt-poor 非常穷困的;极贫困的 例句: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? 4. working poor 穷忙族(在低报酬职务工作的人) 例句:Now, more and more people are involved in "working poor". 现在,越来越多的人们被卷入了“穷忙族的圈子。 5. live from paycheck to paycheck 月光族 例句:We stress about the fact that we live from paycheck to paycheck but we don't change our spending habits. 我们强调我们靠薪水过日子,常常不够花,但从来不改变自己的消费习惯。 |