As the parents had five children, life was a perpetual struggle against poverty.
家里已有5个孩子，全家人常年在贫困中挣扎。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 45 The power of the press
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 永久的;不断的;无期限的;四季开花的;
💡 per贯穿+pet追寻+ual…的 →一直追的 → 无休止的；永久的
"the perpetual noise of traffic"
持续不断的交通噪声
近义：lasting, lifelong, perdurable, permanent, unending, chronic
反义：perishable, short, transient, transitory, unabiding, brief
prep. 反对;对…不利;紧靠;以防;
💡 gain =against (反对)#词根助记：反对
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票赞成，五人反对，两人弃权。
近义：athwart, agin
n. 贫穷;缺乏，不足;贫瘠，不毛;低劣;
💡 poor(贫穷的)+ty(表示抽象名词的后缀)→贫穷；缺乏
"He envisaged an old age of loneliness and poverty."
他面对着一个孤独而贫困的晚年.
近义：impecuniosity, indigence, marginality, meanness, misery, pauperism
反义：plenty, wealth, wealthiness, opulency, affluence
n. 生活，生计;生命，性命;一生，寿命;人生，尘世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎没有目标。
近义：being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest
反义：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
vi. 搏斗;奋斗;努力;争取;
n. 打斗;竞争;奋斗;
💡 死抓狗(谐音):与狗 斗争使劲抓狗
"the Dalits' struggle for social and economic rights"
贱民争取社会和经济权利的斗争
近义：battle, strive, tilt, vie, wrestle, combat
反义：accord, acquiesce, chord, coincide, concur, converge