As the parents had five children, life was a perpetual struggle against poverty.
家里已有5個孩子，全家人常年在貧困中掙扎。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 45 The power of the press
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adj. 永久的;不斷的;無期限的;四季開花的;
?? per貫穿+pet追尋+ual…的 →一直追的 → 無休止的；永久的
"the perpetual noise of traffic"
持續不斷的交通噪聲
近義：lasting, lifelong, perdurable, permanent, unending, chronic
反義：perishable, short, transient, transitory, unabiding, brief
prep. 反對;對…不利;緊靠;以防;
?? gain =against (反對)#詞根助記：反對
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票贊成，五人反對，兩人棄權。
近義：athwart, agin
n. 貧窮;缺乏，不足;貧瘠，不毛;低劣;
?? poor(貧窮的)+ty(表示抽象名詞的后綴)→貧窮；缺乏
"He envisaged an old age of loneliness and poverty."
他面對著一個孤獨而貧困的晚年.
近義：impecuniosity, indigence, marginality, meanness, misery, pauperism
反義：plenty, wealth, wealthiness, opulency, affluence
n. 生活，生計;生命，性命;一生，壽命;人生，塵世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎沒有目標。
近義：being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest
反義：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
vi. 搏斗;奮斗;努力;爭取;
n. 打斗;競爭;奮斗;
?? 死抓狗(諧音):與狗 斗爭使勁抓狗
"the Dalits' struggle for social and economic rights"
賤民爭取社會和經濟權利的斗爭
近義：battle, strive, tilt, vie, wrestle, combat
反義：accord, acquiesce, chord, coincide, concur, converge