They would have continued to struggle against economic odds and would have lived in obscurity.

这家人会继续为克服经济上的拮据而奋斗，并默默无闻地活下去。

Some observers saw that as a sign that households were strapped for cash.

一些观察人士认为，这是家庭现金拮据的迹象。

Cash-strapped governments around the world are planning to whack taxes on online services.

手头拮据的世界各国政府正计划对在线服务征税。

New Jersey is not the only state that is feeling the pinch.

新泽西州并不是唯一一个感到人手拮据的州。

Stingy folk can buy a mass-market 380ml-plastic bottle for as little as 1.5 yuan ($0.22).

拮据的人可花1。5元(0。22美元)买到一个380升的大众市场塑料包装水。

What unites them is the economic pinch and anger at a president who seems far removed from their daily hardships.

而将这些人联系在一起的是经济拮据还有对总统的愤怒，因为这名总统似乎完全体会不到他们的日常困。

He notes that financially poor parents have been accepting unusually low dowries.

他指出，经济拮据的父母一直在接受异常低的嫁妆。

Do you come from an economically strained household?

你是否来自经济拮据的家庭？

Stretched consumers are now less able to pay a green premium, suggests one bigwig.

一位业内大佬指出，如今经济拮据的消费者更受绿色溢价。

I think this idea that to be spiritual and broke needs to be shattered.

我认为这种“要精神富足就得经济拮据”的观念需要被打破。

Maybe you grew up where money was really tight.

或许你成长于一个经济拮据的环境。

They're not like they're on the breadline necessarily.

他们未必是那种生活拮据的人。

I'm getting mad right now, George, because broke people are needing this.

我现在真的很生气，George，因为那些经济拮据的人正需要这个。

Seriously, I mean when broke people buy a house, it makes them broker.

说真的，我的意思是当经济拮据的人买房时，他们会变得更加窘迫。

Additionally, studying abroad can be expensive, and students may struggle with financial constraints.

此外，出国留学可能很昂贵，学生可能会在经济拮据的情况下苦苦挣扎。

And so she lived out the rest of her life in fairly straightened circumstances.

因此，她余生都在相当拮据的环境中度过。

The man for ever pinched in circumstances can live only for himself.

永远处境拮据的人只能为自己而活。

Luckily for Kant, he was a popular lecturer and also an industrious one and so he eked out a meager living.

康德很幸运，他大受欢迎，当然也很勤奋，勉强维持住了拮据的生活。

I know about the money, the lies.

我知道你的拮据 你的谎言。

When I was a broke 20-something starting my law practice, I was diagnosed with cervical cancer.

当我还是个经济拮据的二十出头，刚开始我的律师生涯时，我被诊断出了宫颈癌。