living on the edge

常见例句

This is an area that has been living on the edge for some time.
东非在一段时间内是一个处在（饥荒）边缘的地区。请看文章。
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Resurrection in RioFavela: Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de Janeiro.
重生在里约贫民窟：在里约热内卢的四十年边缘生活。
Some local sociologists say that around half the population is doing fine by developing-country standards, whereas the other half is living on the edge of poverty.
部分当地社会学者表示，相较于一半左右人口过着开发中国家标准的小康生活，另一半人口却仍生活在贫穷边缘。

She often chose to photograph unusual people living on the edge of acceptable society.
One of the things that's very true about Moscow, right into the twentieth century, is that you had all sorts of peasants living on the edge of Moscow living in these wooden houses.
有一件关于莫斯科的史实,直到二十世纪,在莫斯科的郊外,还有许多农民住在这样的小木屋里
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Your comfortable life has been supplanted by one of savagery and living on the edge.
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As a result, way too many of our citizens have either lost their home or are living on the edge.
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Some local sociologists say that around half the population is doing fine by developing-country standards, whereas the other half is living on the edge of poverty.
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