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hard·scrab·ble 英ˈhɑːdˌskræbəl美ˈhɑrdˌskræbəlAHDhärdʹskrăb'əl COCA⁴⁸⁶⁸⁰Economist²⁶⁷⁷⁸⁺⁵
基本英英词源例句
adj.美贫脊的;非常穷困的¹⁰⁰
Adjective:
barely satisfying a lower standard;the sharecropper's hardscrabble life hard,坚硬的，艰苦的，scrabble,摸，找，挣扎。即贫瘠的土地上寻生计，土里刨食，引申词义困难的，艰苦的。 For decades internal migration in Brazil worked in the opposite direction, as people escaped the hardscrabble north-east for menial jobs in the more prosperous south and south-east.
几十年来,巴西的内部迁移都是正相反的,因为人们总是离开贫瘠的东北部搬到更繁华的南部和东南部去做一些粗活苦役. ecocn |