Tom's parents couldn't pay for his education as they were as poor as a church mouse.
因为一贫如洗，汤姆的父母给他交不起学费。
Interestingly, in the past, lobsters were only served to prisoners as they were considered as a poor man's food.
有趣的是，在过去，龙虾只提供给囚犯，因为它们被认为是穷人的食物。
Due to poor practices in harvesting, storage and transportation, as well as market and consumer wastage, it is estimated that 30-50% of all food produced never reaches a human stomach.
由于在收获、储存和运输方面的不良做法，以及市场和消费者的浪费，据估计，生产的所有食品中有30-50%从未到达人类的胃里。
The next day the children were as bad-mannered as before, and poor, shy Gretchen received a loaf hardly the size of the one she got the first day.
第二天，孩子们又像以前一样没有礼貌，可怜害羞的格雷琴得到的面包几乎还没有第一天得到的大。
This group has the makings of a global class whose members have as much in common with each other as with the poor in their own countries.
这一群体拥有全球性阶级的要素，其成员彼此有许多共同之处，就像他们自己国家的穷人彼此相似一般。
Among these third - through fifth-graders, poor sleep was linked with more aggression and delinquency, as well as a higher incidence of depression, anxiety and low self-esteem.
在这些三至五年级的学生中，更具攻击性、出现犯罪倾向、缺乏自尊、患抑郁和焦虑的机率更高均与睡眠较差有关。
Then he turned to the passengers with a worried look on his face and said, "This poor bus is getting old." It isn't going as well as it used to.
于是他脸带愁容地转过身来对乘客说，“这辆可怜的公共汽车老了，不如以前驾驶起来好。”
Eventually, being 'poor' won't be as much a matter of living in a poor country as it will be a matter of having poor skills.
说到底，‘贫穷’与其说是生活在贫穷的国家里，还不如说是技艺不精。
Eventually, being ‘poor’ won’t be as much a matter of living in a poor country as it will be a matter of having poor skills.
说到底，‘贫穷’与其说是生活在贫穷的国家里，还不如说是技艺不精。
Eventually, being 'poor' won't be as much a matter of living in a poor country as it will be a matter of having poor skills.
说到底，'贫穷'与其说是生活在贫穷的国家里，还不如说是技艺不精。
But Francis Ghesquiere of the World Bank doubts that a country as poor as Haiti, with no experience on international bond markets, will start issuing catastrophe bonds.
然而，世界银行的盖斯奇埃尔(FrancisGhesquiere)怀疑，一个像海地一样穷的国家，在国际证券市场上也没有任何经验，究竟可不可以发行这样的灾难债券呢？
It was her first love affair, as we have said; she had given herself to this Tholomyes as to a husband, and the poor girl had a child.
我们已经说过，这是她第一次的爱。她早已如同委身于自己的丈夫一样委身于多罗米埃了，并且这可怜的姑娘已生有一个孩子。
The knowledge of the language, the love of a few kindred as poor as himself, were the only cords that tied him: his country is now that which gives him land, bread, protection, and consequence.
语言知识以及对于几个跟他自己一样穷的亲戚的爱是联系着他的唯一纽带。而他的国家现在是那个给他土地、面包、保护和重要地位的国家。
For me, seeing creative, cutting-edge science applied to a disease that mainly affects the poor is almost as uplifting as the decision to aim for eradication.
对于我个人来说，看到创造性的、尖端的科学被应用到这种主要影响贫穷人口的疾病，几乎与做出决定争取根除疟疾一样令我感到振奋。
The fact that a few people get very rich while a majority remains poor seemed of little importance as long as the GDP figures looked impressive.
事实上，一些人变得十分的富有然而大多数的人仍然十分贫穷似乎并不重要，只要GDP数据看来可观就行。
The area is as poor as it gets even in Cambodia, where more than one-third of the population lives on less than 60 cents a day.
该区域，即使以柬埔寨的标准来看，也算是贫困区，超过三分之一的人口每天的生活开支少于60美分。
As a result, the researchers' model suggests, the waters down-current of a large methane plume, especially in an ocean basin with poor circulation, could lose as much as 95 percent of their oxygen.
研究人员的模型显示，这一结果导致大量不断释放的甲烷随流而下，使得尤其是在循环不畅的海洋盆地，水中氧气损失可能会高达95%。
As I said, if we want better health to work as a poverty reduction strategy, we must reach the poor. Here is where we fail.
如我所说，如果我们想将增进健康用作减贫战略，就必须能覆盖穷人，而这正是我们失败之处。
Pollution can damage the eyes, as well as a poor diet.
污染会伤害眼睛，糟糕的饮食也是原因之一。
In some cases, a long history of poor family relationships may worsen as a result of stress and frustration as the older person becomes more dependent.
在某些情况下，当老年人的依赖性越来越强时，长期不够和睦的家庭关系可能会由于紧张和沮丧而使情况变得更糟。
Hunters like to boast that their sport is as American as baseball and apple pie, a tradition shared by young and old, rich and poor, conservatives and liberals.
猎人们不无自豪地说，这项运动跟棒球、苹果点心一样，是一项传统，无论老少、贫富，还是保守或自由人士都喜闻乐见。
Poor management and communication within and between the companies, as well as a number of outright errors, led to unnecessary and unrecognised risks being taken.
前两家公司落后的管理和通气工作，以及许多致命错误，导致了一些意料之外，多余的危险，最终悲剧发生。
The singer had a poor relationship with his father, whom he claimed had beaten him as a child as he pushed him as a singer and dancer.
这位歌手与他父亲的关系非常不好。他曾声称当他的父亲逼他做歌手和舞者时，曾经打过他。
That the planet which is the butt of so many poor jokes should be relatively rich in methane as well is purely coincidental, but as a mining site it has several advantages.
这个称为许多低级的笑话的笑柄的星球存在相对丰富的甲烷是纯粹的巧合，但作为一个矿区它有几个优点。
Delegates meeting in Bonn are seeking progress on ways to raise billions of dollars to help poor nations cope with global warming as well as a mechanism to transfer clean energy technology.
此次波恩会议上将讨论如何资助贫困国家应对全球变暖，并建立清洁能源技术转让机制。代表们希望在这方面取得进展。
But as agriculture shrinks as a proportion of gdp-it made up 30% in 1990-the impact of poor monsoons is reduced.
不过农业的比重在不断减少，1990年，农业曾占到了GDP的30%，相应地，缺雨的季风带来的影响也在减少。
A survey published by the CBI on the same day as Mr Cameron’s speech listed poor infrastructure as one factor that made Britain an unattractive destination for foreign firms.
卡梅隆先生CBI会议上演讲当天CBI公布了一项调查，列出了不完善的基础设 施是对外国公司没有吸引力的因素之一。
These countries now suffer from a double burden of chronic, non-communicable conditions as well as the diseases that traditionally affect the poor.
这些国家现在面临双重负担，既需应对慢性和非传染性疾患问题，又需处理通常影响穷人的疾病问题。
These countries now suffer from a double burden of chronic, non-communicable conditions as well as the diseases that traditionally affect the poor.
这些国家现在面临双重负担，既需应对慢性和非传染性疾患问题，又需处理通常影响穷人的疾病问题。
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