adj.困苦的,拮据的,困苦的;
例句:
He has been in straitened circumstances.
他已经处于贫困的境地.
I grow up in straitened but full of love circumstances.
我是在物质条件贫乏但却充满爱心的环境下长大.
They were straitened for money.
他们苦于没有钱缮.