To be sure, the ravages of the war had left many people with wealth and property homeless and destitute, but at the same time it gave an untold number of the destitute an opportunity to hark back to their days as millionaires.

• 这次兵灾当然使许多有钱、有房子的人流落做穷光蛋，同时也让不知多少穷光蛋有机会追溯自己为过去的富翁。