The Andersons were too poor to pay someone to teach Marian . So she was able to teach herself only a few simple songs.
安德森家太穷了，没有钱请老师来教她如何弹钢琴，所以，她只能自学，弹一些简单的歌曲。The two together could produce a negative effect, causing Chinese consumers to feel poorer and to reduce spending.
两者加在一快儿产生了消极影响，使得中国消费者感觉比以前更穷了，他们不得不想着减少开支。He was so poor growing up in rural Anhui province that his neighbors assumed he would end up a beggar on the streets.
他在安徽省的农村长大，家里太穷了，他的邻居们都猜测他会流落街头，成为乞丐。That may be for the best, though; a year on Gliese 581 c lasts just 13 days, so we'd have to spend a fortune on calendars [source: Sample].
不过也还好，格利泽581c上面一年只有13天，我们去那里的话买日历就能把人买穷了[来源：Sample]。I am not a real man, for I live off a woman. Others want to be rich, but I long for poverty.
我活在世上依靠女人生活，真不像个男子汉，别人希望富，我却希望穷了。Because, as she later told me herself, she was very poor and had "bad thoughts, " she agreed.
她后来告诉我说，因为当时她太穷了，“思想”也不好，所以就同意了。Hans read a story about a man who does not know about sadness and dissatisfaction. He is too poor to have any underwear.
汉斯读了一篇故事讲述的是一名男子谁不知道悲伤与不满，他太穷了，没有任何的内衣。Inequality has continued to rise because the rich have done even better; it is those in the middle who have fared relatively poorly.
贫富差距继续拉开是因为富人赚得更多了；是那些中产阶级过得相对更穷了。They were beggared by trying to pay for their son's education.
为付儿子的教育费用，他们变穷了。