hardscrabble

英[ˌhɑ:dˈskræbl]
美[ˌhɑrdˈskræbl]

基本释义

adj.
<美>贫脊的,非常穷困的

英英释义

Adjective
  • 1. yielding little by great labor;

    "a hardscrabble farm"

    "poor soil"

  • 2. of a bare living gained by great labor;

    "the sharecropper's hardscrabble life"

    "a marginal existence"