Asian countries that were destitute a generation ago now boast some of the highest living standards in the world.
一代人以前还十分贫困的一些亚洲国家现在跻身于生活水平最高的国家行列。
Some, particularly in the Highlands and islands, were certainly poor, even destitute, and the clearances in the late 1840s and early 1850s were undeniably brutal and often coercive.
当然其中一些人尤其是高地地区和岛屿上的居民生活拮据，甚至有些一贫如洗，19世纪40年代末到年代初这些人遭到了强制性驱除，残酷程度不可否认。
Since most of his clientele were the desperate or the destitute, their maiming or disappearance rarely went noticed.
由于他的大部分客户都病入膏肓或一贫如洗，因此他们的致残或消失几乎无人察觉。
They were so destitute that there were only several pieces of broken furniture in the house.
屋里只有几件破家具，真可算是家徒四壁。
They were so destitute that there were only several pieces of broken furniture in the house.
屋里只有几件破家具，真可算是家徒四壁。
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