常用口語錦囊:英語八大“哭窮”絕招
1. low on cash 缺錢花
例句:OK, you got me. I'm low on cash this month!
好吧。你猜對了。我這個月正缺錢呢!
2. poor as a church mouse 像教堂裡的耗子那麼窮,一貧如洗
例句:Nobody could imagine that he was as poor as a church mouse when he firstcame to Hong Kong。
沒人能想象到當初他剛來到香港的時候是一貧如洗的。
3. dirt-poor 非常窮困的;極貧困的
例句:Where would this dirt-poor Jack get a hundred dollars?
傑克這個窮光蛋到哪兒弄一百美元去?
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4. working poor 窮忙族(在低報酬職務工作的人)
例句:Now, more and more people are involved in "working poor"。
現在,越來越多的人們被捲入了“窮忙族”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 wedon't change our spending habits。
我們強調我們靠薪水過日子,常常不夠花,但從來不改變自己的消費習慣。
6. max out (credit card) 刷爆信用卡
例句:A good way to become penniless is to max out your credit cards and keepborrowing more until the repayments overwhelm you。
想變得一貧如洗的好辦法就是最大限度地透支你的信用卡,並不斷地借更多的錢,直到債務把你壓垮。
7. be broke 破產了,身無分文了
例句:If you keep spending money like this, you're going be broke。
如果你繼續這樣花錢,你很快會身無分文的。
8. live from hand to mouth 勉強餬口
例句:When I had no job last winter, I had to live from hand to mouth。
去年冬天沒找到工作,我不得不過著勉強餬口的生活。