英语词汇“reduced circumstances”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

reduced circumstances

Used euphemistically to refer to the state of being poor after being relatively wealthy: a divorcee living in reduced circumstances...

It is a fact of life that the death of a husband or wife results in reduced circumstances for the surviving partner.
Despite his seemingly reduced circumstances, Reid was still able to spend almost 3000 on a round-trip ticket from Paris via Miami and Antigua.
Having taken advantage of increased funding to become a full-time athlete, he now finds his reduced circumstances and changing priorities have affected his thinking.

Synonyms

impoverished, in straitened circumstances, ruined, bankrupt, bankrupted, bust, insolvent;

poor, indigent, penurious, impecunious, in penury, moneyless, without a sou, as poor as a church mouse, poverty-stricken, destitute, necessitous;

needy, in need/want, badly off, hard up, on one's beam-ends, unable to make ends meet, underprivileged;

British on the breadline, without a penny (to one's name)

informal broke, flat broke, cleaned out, strapped for cash, strapped, on one's uppers

British informal stony broke, skint, without two pennies/(brass) farthings to rub together, in Queer Street

North American informal stone broke

rare pauperized, beggared

See parent entry: reduce

单词	reduced circumstances
释义	reduced circumstances Used euphemistically to refer to the state of being poor after being relatively wealthy: a divorcee living in reduced circumstances... It is a fact of life that the death of a husband or wife results in reduced circumstances for the surviving partner. Despite his seemingly reduced circumstances, Reid was still able to spend almost 3000 on a round-trip ticket from Paris via Miami and Antigua. Having taken advantage of increased funding to become a full-time athlete, he now finds his reduced circumstances and changing priorities have affected his thinking. Synonyms impoverished, in straitened circumstances, ruined, bankrupt, bankrupted, bust, insolvent; poor, indigent, penurious, impecunious, in penury, moneyless, without a sou, as poor as a church mouse, poverty-stricken, destitute, necessitous; needy, in need/want, badly off, hard up, on one's beam-ends, unable to make ends meet, underprivileged; British on the breadline, without a penny (to one's name) informal broke, flat broke, cleaned out, strapped for cash, strapped, on one's uppers British informal stony broke, skint, without two pennies/(brass) farthings to rub together, in Queer Street North American informal stone broke rare pauperized, beggared See parent entry: reduce
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