Earth eating girl
吃土───dirt-poor;少女───girl
Twenty-five years ago, living standards in the two dirt-poor Asian giants were similar, but now the average Chinese is nearly twice as well-off as his Indian neighbour.───25年前,亚洲两大贫穷大国的生活水平基本类似,但是现在,中国人的平均水平几乎是邻国印度的两倍。
Only the wealthy had something other than dirt , hence the saying " dirt poor. "───只有富人家不是这样, 因而有了 dirtpoor (极贫困的)的说法.
The young man overcame his dirt-poor upbringing and now owns his village's only shop.───这位年轻人经历过儿时的艰难困苦,现在终于成了村子里唯一一个商店的主人。
Where would this dirt - poor Claggert get a hundred dollars?───克拉杰特这个穷光蛋到哪儿弄一百元去?
My parents also grew up in dirt-poor poverty even after things ‘recovered’.───我父母也是在极度贫困的时候成长起来的,即使事情都已经“好起来了”。
Born dirt-poor in a southern town to religious fanatics, he was raised on the Bible and the taunts of others.
In the early years, with four young mouths to feed, they were dirt-poor.