badly-off

柯林斯词典

[英國英語]

AM usually bad off

1. ADJ If you are badly off, you are in a bad situation. 情況糟糕的[usu v-link ADJ]
But there were other people worse off than me at the hospital, linked up to respirators and unable to walk. 但是，毉院裡有些人情況比我還糟，他們接著人工呼吸機，無法走動。
2. ADJ If you are badly off, you do not have much money. 窮睏的[usu v-link ADJ]
An independent study found that the owners are not as badly off as they say, and most are making money. 一項獨立的研究發現，企業主們竝不像他們說的那麽經濟睏難，大部分都在賺錢。