穷困

neediness

indigence

impoverishment

privation

misery

destitution

be down and out

necessity

in reduced circumstances

narrow means

in bad circumstances

narrow circumstances

need

needfulness

squalidness

pinch (effect)

pressure

straiten

strait

in needy circumstances

in straitened circumstances

straitness

穷困[qióngkùn]

-poverty-stricken;destitute;instraitenedcircumstances:
liveinreducedcircumstances;过着比原来穷困的生活
liveinastateofextremepoverty;生活在极度穷困中

从前，我们的生活很穷困。
In days of yore, we lived in poor.

尽管他的祖父是贵族，他却非常穷困。
Although his grandfather was a nobleman, he was very poor.

穷困潦倒的缺乏基金、资源或前途渺茫的；缺乏的
Lacking funds, resources, or prospects; destitute.

他感觉到，劳动人民的极端穷困到时侯必将引起革命。
He felt that in time the extreme misery of the working people would result in revolution.

我叔父给他穷困的邻居做了一张桌子和几只凳子。
My uncle carpenter a table and a few stool for his needy neighbor.

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