无能力的

Insolvent tenants openly defied the collector of the waterrate from their ten-roomed strongholds, and existed for weeks without any visible means of procuring that necessary fluid.

无偿付能力的房客，公然反抗收缴的八居室要塞的水费的办事员，尽管看不有什么办法获得这种活所必需的液体，可已经继好几个礼拜了。