当前位置:首页 > 综合英语 >

英语口语之哭穷

时间:2012-04-06 16:20来源:朗阁小编作者:sailor

        1. low on cash 缺钱花

  例句:OK, you got me. I'm low on cash this month!

  好吧。你猜对了。我这个月正缺钱呢!

  2. poor as a church mouse 像教堂里的耗子那么穷,一贫如洗

  例句:Nobody could imagine that he was as poor as a church mouse when he first came to Hong Kong。

  没人能想象到当初他刚来到香港的时候是一贫如洗的。

  3. dirt-poor 非常穷困的;极贫困的

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

  杰克这个穷光蛋到哪儿弄一百美元去?

  如何哭“穷”

  4. working poor 穷忙族(在低报酬职务工作的人)

  例句:Now, more and more people are involved in "working poor"。

  现在,越来越多的人们被卷入了“穷忙族”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。

  我们强调我们靠薪水过日子,常常不够花,但从来不改变自己的消费习惯。

  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。

  想变得一贫如洗的好办法就是 大限度地透支你的信用卡,并不断地借多的钱,直到债务把你压垮。

  7. be broke 破产了,身无分文了

  例句:If you keep spending money like this, you're going be broke。

  如果你继续这样花钱,你很快会身无分文的。

  8. live from hand to mouth 勉强糊口

  例句:When I had no job last winter, I had to live from hand to mouth。

  去年冬天没找到工作,我不得不过着勉强糊口的生活。


 

(责任编辑:admin)

文中图片素材来源网络,如有侵权请联系删除

相关课程推荐

相关文章推荐