hardscrabble

He 's a bear of a man with a hardscrabble past , an art professor who paints beautiful pictures of birds .

他负担重，过去的日子过得很拮据，是位花鸟画造诣很好的美术教授。

For starters , Chery is just a five year old state-owned enterprise , based in a hardscrabble town of Wuhu , Anhui Province .

刚开始，奇瑞不过是一间只有五年历史的坐落在安徽，芜湖一个贫瘠镇上的国营企业。

McCarty asked her why she wanted to work in a hardscrabble neighborhood when she could earn far more in a comfortable suburb .

在面试时，帕特里夏麦卡蒂问她，为什么她要在这么贫穷的地方工作，她能获得更为舒适的工作。

It is a savage world , filled with badlands and bluffs and hardscrabble vegetation .

一个蛮荒的世界，到处是荒野、峭壁和贫瘠的植被。

The book covers ground familiar to anyone who follows fashion : McQueen 's hardscrabble childhood in the East End of London and the early signs of artistic promise .

这本传记中的很多内容是关注时尚的人所熟悉的：麦昆在伦敦东区度过贫困的童年，很早就表现出艺术天分。

There was talk of " Hope " and " change " , uplifting sentiments that had not much figured in what was a hardscrabble and mean-spirited campaign .

他还谈到了“希望”和“变革”，激起一种振奋人心的情绪，而这种情绪在乏善可陈、死气沉沉的竞选活动中不曾出现。