reduced circumstances

成語所屬單字circumstance

reduced circumstances — 慣用語

1. a polite way of saying that someone has become much poorer than they were before

1.慣用語
釋義

落魄;生活水準下降

a polite way of saying that someone has become much poorer than they were before

例句

After the business failed, the family was forced to live in reduced circumstances.

The novel tells the story of a wealthy woman who ends up in reduced circumstances.