hardscrabble

• 形容生活或处境艰难，需要付出大量辛勤劳动却收效甚微，常用于描述农耕或乡村贫困的情形。

Describes a life or situation that is difficult and involves a lot of hard work with little reward, often used in the context of farming or rural poverty.

1. Barely meeting a lower standardC1formalamerican

   Involving or characterized by a struggle to achieve even a minimal level of success or comfort.

   勉强糊口的

   • They lived a hardscrabble existence on the remote farm.
   • The artist's early years were a hardscrabble period of poverty and rejection.
   • The team managed a hardscrabble victory in the final minutes of the game.

   同义词arduousdifficultgruelingharshmarginalprecariousstrugglingtough

   反义词affluentcomfortableeasyfortunateluxuriousprosperoussuccessfulthrivingwealthy