The family of eight was living in straitened circumstances.

八口之家日子过得很拮据。

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His father died when he was ten, leaving the family in straitened circumstances.

他十岁时父亲去世了，家里生活变得很拮据。

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He has been in straitened circumstances.

他已经处于贫困的境地。

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Shorn of empire and in straitened circumstances, Russia still tends to view the world through balance-of-power lenses: another country's gain is Russia's loss, and vice versa, especially when that other country is America.

ECONOMIST: Russia��s world

In his straitened political circumstances, such trimming of reformist ambition may be the most sensible strategy for the president.

ECONOMIST: Cardoso��s reform puzzle