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英語口語:如何哭窮

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你遇到過向朋友借錢而被拒絕的窘迫局面嗎?那是因為你還沒學會怎麼“哭窮”,今天就來教大家幾招吧~~

英語口語:如何哭窮

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 first came 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

例句:Where would this dirt-poorJack get a hundred dollars?

傑克這個窮光蛋到哪兒弄一百美元去?

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 we don'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 keep borrowing 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。