Failed states were once poor almost by definition.

这些衰败的国家曾经都很穷困。

My aim in life is to be a doctor and help the poor.

我人生的目标是当个医生帮助穷困的人。

Those who had the least to give often gave the most.

那些最穷困的人却往往给予的最多。

What! did Sam give the poor blind man nothing?

什么？山姆什么都没有给那个穷困的盲人吗？

All messed up, living alone for 40-some-odd years.

穷困潦倒 独自生活四十多年。

The ghost finally took Scrooge to a very poor area of London.

现在的圣诞灵把斯克罗奇带到伦敦一个很穷困的地方。

The Micawbers were obviously very poor, but tried hard not to let this show.

米考伯先生一家显然穷困潦倒，但他们尽量掩饰这一点。

Meg didn't like to be pitied and made to feel poor.

梅格不喜欢被人可怜，也不喜欢被迫品尝穷困的滋味。

Had he stopped there, he would have faced a life on the edge of penury.

如果他就停在那里，他将会面临一生的穷困潦倒。

Disease, wounds, hardship and scarcity have always been part of my life. I don't complain.

疾病、伤痛、艰难还有穷困始终伴随我的一生。我没有怨言。

When he was a struggling artist, they'd rejected him four times.

当穷困潦倒时，这些人给他吃了四次闭门羹。

Great! - But… the hospital bills leave you destitute!

太好了！ - 但是… … 医院账单令你穷困潦倒。

You don't fall that far that fast without making some really stupid choices.

你不可能一下变得如此穷困潦倒，除非做了一些愚蠢的决定。

Smartphones and social media, but poverty still the country's biggest problem.

智能手机和社交媒体广泛流行，但穷困仍是阿富汗的难题。

I was going through a divorce at the time and I was relatively down-and-out.

当时我正在经历离婚，相对来说，那时候我是穷困潦倒的。

If it doesn't, all the people on the Baskerville lands will be much poorer.

否则的话，巴斯克维家族所拥有的土地上的人们将要穷困得多。

I wanted you to learn everything;I didn't want you to be poor like my sisters.

我希望你学会所有的东西；我不想你像我的姐妹们那么穷困一生。

I am poor, and I am blind, and there is nothing about that that is your type.

我现在穷困潦倒，双目失明，没有一点符合你的要求。

These push up property prices, putting them out of reach of many people from poorer places.

这些因素导致房产价格升高。来自那些穷困地区的人根本无法购买。

The days were all so quiet and relaxing, after the hardships and poverty of his previous life.

经受了以前那些备尝穷困与艰辛的日子后，现在的日子是如此平静、愉快。