立锥之地是一个成语，读音是lì zhuī zhī dì，意思是插锥尖的一点地方。形容极小的一块地方。也指极小的安身之处。
在那样一个时代，穷人和不幸的人毫无立锥之地。
JANE:There was no proper place for the poor or the unfortunate.
村里的群众还推选了马英海担任新的村长。马英海是位四十岁上下的贫苦农民，过去贫无立锥之地，直到土改时才分得了九亩地。
The village elected as its new chief a forty - year - old farmer named Ma Ying - hai, who formerly had owned no land of his own, but who had acquired an acre and a half during the land division.
更重要的是，一旦生命的某个变体在那里某处有了立锥之地，生来固有造化本性的生命就会着手改变环境直到它适合其他物种的生存。
But more importantly, once one variety of life has a toehold in a place, the inherently transforming nature of life modifies the environment until it is fit for other species of life.
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