因为身无分文，那位研究生整个第一年都靠在借阅台借课本而不是购买。
Being impecunious, the graduate student spent his entire first year borrowing required textbooks from the reserve desk instead of buying them.
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impecunious 在此描述学术环境中的经济窘迫——虽有日常可支配的最低生活费但缺乏大额教育消费能力，侧重制度性贫困而非赤贫。
Being impecunious, the graduate student spent his entire first year borrowing required textbooks from the reserve desk instead of buying them.
impecunious 在此描述学术环境中的经济窘迫——虽有日常可支配的最低生活费但缺乏大额教育消费能力，侧重制度性贫困而非赤贫。