It was a very modest position that he occupied, and there was about him an air of straitened circumstance.

他现在的职务相当低微，他给人的印象也很寒酸。

His mind had straitened to a snow-white calm; he was ready, willing, and glad to die.

他的头脑陷入了雪白的平静。 他已经准备好、愿意并且高兴地死去。

But for local governments in today's more straitened times, " firefighting is going to end up overwhelming attempts to think long term" , he says.

如今经济更为拮据的地方政府来说，“救火行动最终将取代长远思考” ，他表示。

I have seen many human beings die; but, so straitened is our feeble nature, we have no clear conception of the beginning or the end of our existence.

我过很多人死去；是，我们软弱的本性如此受困，我们自己存在的开始或结束没有清晰的概念。

In the long term, I think it's worth doing because I have two dreams both becoming an English speaker and studying abroad even though I'll endure many challenges and straitened.

长远来看，我认为这是值得的，因为我有两个梦想，一个是成为英语使用者，另一个是出国留学，尽管我会经历许多挑战和困境。

Six days of sordid and plodding fact life at home on the ragged edge of Lakeside and straitened means, the seventh in Fairlyand--such had been their program and their habit.

六天肮脏而单调乏味的实际生活在湖滨破烂边缘和拮据的家中，第七天在 Fairlyand——这就是他们的计划和习惯。

'You see, my dear, we have been rather straitened lately, and my health, you know, grows so uncertain, and, all things considered, I have been feeling very anxious about the girls.

“你看，亲爱的，我们最近很紧张，而且我的健康状况，你知道的，变得那么不确定，而且，总而言之，我一直为那些女孩子感到非常焦虑。