hardscrabble

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hardscrabble

adj.

1.艰难困苦的；贫困的；勉强维持的not having enough of the basic things you need to live

读书笔记... ... humble 谦逊的，虚心的；低下的，卑微的；不大的，没有特别之处的 hardscrabble 贫瘠的，非常穷困的 torture …

贫字的解释---在线新华字典 ... 贫雇农〖 poorpeasantsandfarmlaborers〗贫寒〖 hardscrabble;poverty-striken〗贫化〖 depleti…

...小溪(Rose’s Brook)上去垂钓,或者走上哈德斯克拉布尔山(Hardscrabble),或者在米克凹地(Meeker’s Hollow)里面流连;从早到晚 …

他虚构了一个叫做不毛城（Hardscrabble）的小城，城里有一批热爱户外活动的人士。原来傅德竟是以我搬去住的那个小城作 …

for starters, chery is just a five year old state-owned enterprise , based in a hardscrabble town of wuhu, anhui province.

He was born in the hardscrabble South . His father was a drunk who killed his own brother in a gunfight.

A few days after the funeral , my dad and I played golf on Spur's hardscrabble course.

He's a bear of a man with a hardscrabble past , an art professor who paints beautiful pictures of birds .

a hardscrabble farm ; poor soil .