(形容穷得一无所有) as poor as if everything had been washed clean; poverty-stricken; in extreme [abject] poverty; (as) poor as a church mouse [as a rat]; (as) poor as job
Related Translations:
赤贫: in abject [extreme] poverty; (utterly) destitute; dire poverty
赤贫人口: in uerst armen verhltnissen lebende bevlkerung/notleidende bevlkerungpeople living in a olute poverty; destitute populationpeople living in absolute poverty; destitute population
Can a wretch who wanders about , who works and starves , whose life is a continual scene of sore affliction or pinching penury ; can that man call england or any other kingdom his country 一个到处流浪的可怜人,一个终日辛劳却还忍饥挨饿的人,一个总是生活在痛苦或赤贫如洗的境遇里的人,会把英国或其它王国称作自己的国家吗?