scrape the barrel

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  • vi.搜刮最后一点东西(使用最后一招)
  • barrel n.桶;枪管;一桶的量;炮管;大量;笔管;汽油桶vi.快速移动vt.把...装桶
  • scrape v.刮掉;擦掉n.擦伤;擦掉;刮擦声;窘境
  • the art.那;这;这些;那些adv.(用于比较级前)更加;用于最高级前;(用于形容词、副词比较级前)越...越...
    1. It is easy to see how even a family which had had as good food as it wished and a few extras could be down to bread and scrape the barrel inside a month if the "demon drink" took hold.
      即使是一个本来想吃得好些就能吃得好些、尚有盈余可供某些别的开支的家庭,倘若嗜上酒来,则在不到一个月的时间里,就可以穷落下来,以致只能吃面包及必须掏尽家底,不难明白这种现象究竟是怎么回事。
    2. We had to scrape the barrel to get a full team, and then we lost 6-1.
      我们勉强凑成一个队,结果以6比1输了。