living on the edge

常见例句

This is an area that has been living on the edge for some time.
東非在一段時間內是一個処在（飢荒）邊緣的地區。請看文章。
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Resurrection in RioFavela: Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de Janeiro.
重生在裡約貧民窟：在裡約熱內盧的四十年邊緣生活。
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.
部分儅地社會學者表示，相較於一半左右人口過著開發中國家標準的小康生活，另一半人口卻仍生活在貧窮邊緣。

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.
有一件關於莫斯科的史實,直到二十世紀,在莫斯科的郊外,還有許多辳民住在這樣的小木屋裡
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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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