It was a very modest position that he occupied, and there was about him an air of straitened circumstance.

他现在的职务相当低微，他给人的印象也很寒酸。

His mind had straitened to a snow-white calm; he was ready, willing, and glad to die.

他的头脑陷入了雪白的平静。 他已经准备好、愿意并且高兴地死去。

I have seen many human beings die; but, so straitened is our feeble nature, we have no clear conception of the beginning or the end of our existence.

我见过很多人死去；但是，我们软弱的本性如此受困，我们对自己存在的开始或结束没有清晰的概念。

Six days of sordid and plodding fact life at home on the ragged edge of Lakeside and straitened means, the seventh in Fairlyand--such had been their program and their habit.

六天肮脏而单调乏味的实际生活在湖滨破烂边缘和拮据的家中，第七天在 Fairlyand——这就是他们的计划和习惯。