出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第281页(266字)
指事物困难到了尽头时,就要想办法来改变现状,例这地方过去是穷山恶水,于是人们穷则思变,如今已成商业重镇。
In the old days,this used to be a barren and wild place,but you know poverty strengthens the desire for change.Today,it has become a commercial town of importance.