It was a very modest position that he occupied, and there was about him an air of straitened circumstance.

现职务相当低微，给人印象也很寒酸。

However, I am yet to meet a single financially straitened renter who voted Labour last time who goes, oh, I know this is happening because renters come into contact with their lack of rights only when they've been impinged.

然而，我至今还没有遇到过任何一个上次选举中投票给工党经济拮据租户，会说，我知道这种情况正发生， 因为租户只有权益受到侵害时才会意识到自己权利缺失。

'You see, my dear, we have been rather straitened lately, and my health, you know, grows so uncertain, and, all things considered, I have been feeling very anxious about the girls.

“你看，亲爱，我最近很紧张，而且我健康状况，你知道，变得那么不确定，而且，总而言之，我一直为那些女孩子感到非常焦虑。

In the long term, I think it's worth doing because I have two dreams both becoming an English speaker and studying abroad even though I'll endure many challenges and straitened.

从长远来看，我认为这是值得，因为我有两个梦想，一个是成为英语使用者，另一个是出国留学，尽管我会经历许多挑战和困境。

His mind had straitened to a snow-white calm; he was ready, willing, and glad to die.

头脑陷入了雪白平静。 已经准备好、愿意并且高兴地死去。