badly off
adjective
uk/ˌbæd.li ˈɒf/us/ˌbæd.li ˈɑːf/worse off|worst offhaving littlemoneyand few of the things you need tolive:
生活困难的；穷困的They're notbadlyoff but they don't have muchmoneytospare.他们并不穷困——只是闲钱不多而已。
| 单词 | badly off |
| 释义 | badly off adjective uk/ˌbæd.li ˈɒf/us/ˌbæd.li ˈɑːf/worse off|worst offhaving littlemoneyand few of the things you need tolive: 生活困难的；穷困的They're notbadlyoff but they don't have muchmoneytospare.他们并不穷困——只是闲钱不多而已。 badly-off| Business Englishbadly-off adjective ukuscomparativeworse-off|superlativeworst-offin adifficultfinancialsituation: Theeconomyhas not been this badly-off in over 40years. Examplesofbadly offbadly off We think that a small gain for them can be morally outweighed by a much larger gain for others who are alsobadly-off. From theCambridge English Corpus Now, suppose that we must choose between benefiting a well-off person and benefiting abadly-offperson. From theCambridge English Corpus It is extraordinary how these young people have no idea that there are other people who are sobadly-off. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This will at long last stop the wicked anomaly of the well-off council tenant being subsidised by thebadly-offpensioner living in private accommodation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Environmental improvements are being effected by charging thebadly-offthe same as the well-off. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If the site were closed, or if it were upgraded, where would the presentbadly-offtenants go? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Although there are some who have a better pension than others, the vast majority of them are verybadly-offindeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is at this moment of really bad inflation that we have to look after the reallybadly-offin the community. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When has private enterprise ever succeeded in housingbadly-offpeople at rents which they can afford and in decent conditions? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What would happen if thebadly-offwoman was the one who was receiving only £1,000 just because she was outside the housing action area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Its unending lamentations, which have been its stock-in-trade for decades, about howbadly-offfarmers have now virtually made the public deaf to farmers’ legitimate demands and needs. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English If, in addition to that provision of £20,000, he has made and saved another £10,000 he cannot leave that to charity or to aged parents or tobadly-offbrothers and sisters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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