单词 | in reduced circumstances |
释义 | (idiom) living in reduced circumstances Synonyms impoverished The goal is to lure businesses into impoverished areas. broke (informal) I'm as broke as you are. badly off hard up (informal) Her parents were hard up. short in need Food supplies are being sent to people in need. needy a project aimed at raising funds for needy children around the world on the rocks penniless a penniless refugee destitute destitute families who live in poverty poverty-stricken delivering medical aid to poverty-stricken areas down and out skint (British, slang) in want indigent (formal) Medical professionals should be permitted to provide free healthcare to indigent people. down at heel impecunious I first met him when he was an impecunious, would-be racing driver. dirt-poor (informal) on the breadline flat broke (informal) penurious on your uppers stony-broke (British, slang) necessitous Necessitous people are not free people. in queer street without two pennies to rub together (informal) on your beam-ends Additional synonymsin the sense of broke Definition having no money I'm as broke as you are. Synonyms penniless, short, ruined, bust (informal), bankrupt, impoverished, in the red, cleaned out (slang), insolvent, down and out, skint (British, slang), strapped for cash (informal), dirt-poor (informal), flat broke (informal), penurious, on your uppers, stony-broke (British, slang), in queer street (informal), without two pennies to rub together (informal), without a penny to your name in the sense of destitute Definition lacking the means to live destitute families who live in poverty Synonyms penniless, poor, impoverished, distressed, needy, on the rocks, insolvent, poverty-stricken, down and out, indigent (formal), impecunious, dirt-poor (informal), on the breadline (informal), flat broke (informal), short, penurious, on your uppers, necessitous (literary), in queer street (informal), moneyless, without two pennies to rub together (informal) in the sense of hard up Definition in need of money Her parents were hard up. Synonyms poor, broke (informal), short, bust (informal), bankrupt, impoverished, in the red (informal), cleaned out (slang), penniless, out of pocket, down and out, skint (British, slang), strapped for cash (informal), impecunious, dirt-poor (informal), on the breadline, flat broke (informal), on your uppers (informal), in queer street, without two pennies to rub together (informal), short of cash or funds Nearby words of |
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