suffering from both poverty and sickness; be beset by poverty and illness; sick as well as poor; suffer from poverty and illness; be a prey to poverty and ill health
Example Sentences:
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Hampered by illness and poverty, he devoted himself to poetry and to music, becoming a flautist in a baltimore orchestra . 他在贫病交迫之下献身于诗歌与音乐，做了巴尔的摩交响乐团的笛手。
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I can ' t just turn my back on him now that he ' s ill and poor 我不能因为他贫病交迫而背弃他
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I can ' t just turn my back on him now that he ' s ill and poor 我不能因为他贫病交迫而背弃他。
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Her life was devoted to caring for the sick and needy 她一生都致力于关心照顾贫病交迫的人。
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Sick and starving refugees are the flotsam and jetsam of war 贫病交迫的难民都是在战争中流离失所的。
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You don t know the value of money , you live hard , you ll knock up one of these days , and be ill and poor ; you really ought to think about a nurse 你日子过得辛苦，不久就会遍体鳞伤，然后就是贫病交迫。你的确应当考虑找个保姆了。 ”
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I think that the current changes in social environment and policy have aroused in the elders the fear of instability in daily life . as far as i know , many old persons committed suicide because of poverty and illness 我觉得香港现时社会环境改变情况引起老人对生活产生不安定的恐慌，以我所知，很多老人自杀均因为贫病交迫。
