in straitened circumstances

基本解释

Past: In 1975, Hengdian Group took its first step by establishing Hengdian Silk Factory in straitened circumstances.
昨日： 1975年，横店丝厂在艰难中创立，迈出蹒跚的第一步；
In addition, he noted that he did not mean to assert the rich's interest. On the contrary, his purpose is to show his concerns about the families living in straitened circumstances.
此外，他还解释自己的观点绝不是在“为富人说话”，恰恰相反是出于对社会上最困难人群的关心。
While the anination industry surely is booming, cartoonists across the globe are complaining about the stress they've felt in making a living, and their increasingly straitened circumstances.
动漫产业迅猛发展是不争的事实，但全球的漫画家都在抱怨生存的压力和生活的窘迫，而且似乎有越来越窘迫的趋势。

Shorn of empire and in straitened circumstances, Russia still tends to view the world through balance-of-power lenses: another country's gain is Russia's loss, and vice versa, especially when that other country is America.
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In his straitened political circumstances, such trimming of reformist ambition may be the most sensible strategy for the president.
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