翻译此句中的一个词!!!

来源:百度知道 编辑:UC知道 时间:2024/06/23 18:00:56
Many of today's old people had such rough starts, such small scraps of education, such low wages and so few possessions generally,that they feel they are ending their days in luxury, although they may not be doing so in other people's eyes.

scraps怎么理解?
最后半句(although...eyes)又怎么理解呢?

一点点,很少的,几乎没有的。

尽管在别人眼中看来并非如此。

小片
虽然他们不可能在其他的人的眼睛中这么做。

scraps [skrAp]
n.小片, 废料, 剪下来的图片, 文章, 残余物, 废料, 打架
vt.扔弃, 敲碎, 拆毁
vi.互相殴打
adj.零碎的, 废弃的
这里就是指受的教育很少,很不够,small scraps of相当于poor。
although they may not be doing so in other people's eyes 尽管他们在别人的眼中不是这样的,即别人不认为他们的晚年过的奢侈