| 单词 | badly off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbadly off c. badly off: in a bad or poor condition or circumstances; (in later use) esp. = poor adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] poorc1300 afflicta1393 mistada1400 aggrudged1440 afflicted1534 tribulate1575 distressed1586 rid1610 over-grieved1618 ridden1640 tribulated1682 hag-rid1691 crosseda1732 bad off1735 badly off1740 unfortunate1785 1718 Compl. Coll. Remarkable Tryals I. 45 Nor did the Knight think he came badly off, all things consider'd.] 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. 202 He is not half so badly off as he fancy'd... He has only a few Scratches on his Face. 1795 H. More Shepherd of Salisbury-Plain i. 13 I am not so badly off as many are; nay, if it were not that it costs me so much in 'Potecary's stuff for my poor wife, I should reckon myself well off. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. iv. 50 We are so badly off for strong arms. 1904 K. Burrill Corner Stones 83 I know it sounds very dull,..but for a badly off girl there is nothing like dark blue serge. a1946 C. Carswell Lying Awake (1950) xiv. 145 Left badly off, with four children to educate, she had taken..pedigreed students into her house in Edinburgh as boarders. 1995 N.Y. Times 20 June a 3/2 Food is desperately short for the local populations. Sarajevo, while not yet as badly off, is not far behind. < as lemmas |
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