缺衣少食

[quē yī shǎo shí]

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Definition:
AllAll,not have enough for food and clothingnot have enough for food and clothing,have insufficient food and clothinghave insufficient food and clothing
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1.
Even Bangladeshis, a pretty deprived lot, do twice as well as the natives in their exams; Indians and Chinese do better still.
即使是相当缺衣少食的孟加拉裔，在考试中也比本土白人好两倍；印度裔和华裔就更好了。
jí shǐ shì xiāng dāng quē yī shǎo shí de mèng jiā lā yì , zài kǎo shì zhōng yě bǐ běn tǔ bái rén hǎo liǎng bèi ; yìn dù yì hé huá yì jiù gèng hǎo le 。
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2.
Why does one man have a beautiful, luxurious home while another man lives out a meager existence in a slum?
为何有的人住在漂亮、豪华的大屋里，而有的人则缺衣少食地苟活在贫民窟里？
wèi hé yǒu de rén zhù zài piào liang 、 háo huá de dà wū lǐ , ér yǒu de rén zé quē yī shǎo shí de gǒu huó zài pín mín kū lǐ ?
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3.
When the value cold winter, arrives the strange place, lacks the clothes few food, the bad environment is threatening their life.
时值寒冬，来到陌生的地方，缺衣少食，恶劣的环境正在威胁着他们的生命。
shí zhí hán dōng , lái dào mò shēng de dì fang , quē yī shǎo shí , è liè de huán jìng zhèng zài wēi xié zhe tā men de shēng mìng 。
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4.
The other children had everything they could want and often teased him about his clothes and food.
别的孩子想要什么就有什么，他们常常取笑他缺衣少食。
bié de hái zi xiǎng yào shén me jiù yǒu shén me , tā men cháng cháng qǔ xiào tā quē yī shǎo shí 。
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5.
No nation will be intentionally deprived, however.
然而也没有国家会被故意的造成缺衣少食。
rán ér yě méi yǒu guó jiā huì bèi gù yì de zào chéng quē yī shǎo shí 。
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6.
They had lived all their lives in want.
他们的一生都缺衣少食。
tā men de yì shēng dōu quē yī shǎo shí 。
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7.
The main reason the children gave for working was poverty: lack of food, clothing or money to go to school were frequently cited.
这些孩子说出工作的理由是贫穷：缺衣少食，缺少去读书的钱是人们经常引用的话语。
zhè xiē hái zi shuō chū gōng zuò de lǐ yóu shì pín qióng : quē yī shǎo shí , quē shǎo qù dú shū de qián shì rén men jīng cháng yǐn yòng de huà yǔ 。
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