a hardscrabble life/upbringing
贫困的生活；艰苦的成长
1.辛苦劳动才能勉强维持生活的
1.hardscrabble land is very difficult to grow anything on; used for describing a time, situation, or place in which life is difficult and people are poor
1.For those hardscrabble families, government subsidies no doubt would be welcomed.
对于那些贫穷的家庭，毫无疑问政府津贴会受到欢迎。
2.for starters, chery is just a five year old state-owned enterprise, based in a hardscrabble town of wuhu, anhui province.
刚开始，奇瑞不过是一间只有五年历史的坐落在安徽，芜湖一个贫瘠奇瑞报价的国营企业。
3.He was born in the hardscrabble South. His father was a drunk who killed his own brother in a gunfight.
他生于贫瘠荒芜的美国南部，父亲是一名酒鬼，在一次枪械格斗中击毙了兄长。
4.A few days after the funeral, my dad and I played golf on Spur's hardscrabble course.
葬礼之后过了几天，爸爸和我在斯珀镇那贫瘠土地的高尔夫球场上打球。
5.Gruff, traditional and hawkish on military matters, he was the perfect fit for his district, a hardscrabble slice of western Pennsylvania.
在军事问题上，他一贯表现出生硬、传统的鹰派作风，这对于他所在的宾夕法尼亚西部的一小块贫困的选区来说，是最合适不过的了。
6.He's a bear of a man with a hardscrabble past, an art professor who paints beautiful pictures of birds.
他负担重，过去的日子过得很拮据，是位花鸟画造诣很好的美术教授。
7.To attract workers, BHP and other companies are building recreation centers, sports fields and art galleries in hardscrabble company towns.
为了吸引工人，必和必拓和其他公司正在原本是不毛之地的矿区小镇兴建休闲中心、体育场和艺术画廊。
8.To attract them, BHP and other companies are building recreation centers, sports fields and art galleries in hardscrabble company towns.
为了吸引工人，必和必拓和其它公司正在公司所在的穷乡僻壤兴建娱乐中心、体育场和画廊等设施。
9.Yet the emerging picture is horrendous, especially for ordinary people in the lesser cities and hardscrabble northern provinces.
然而这些浮出水面的描述异常可怕，特别是对于居于较小城市和赤贫的北部省份的居民来说更是如此。
10.a hardscrabble farm; poor soil.
贫瘠的农场；贫瘠的土壤。