hardscrabble

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英[ˌhɑ:dˈskræbl]

美[ˌhɑrdˈskræbl]

基本意思释义

adj.<美>贫脊的，非常穷困的

英英释义

Adjective

1. yielding little by great labor;

\"a hardscrabble farm\"

\"poor soil\"

2. of a bare living gained by great labor;

\"the sharecropper\'s hardscrabble life\"

\"a marginal existence\"