Pickaxes were hard to come by on the front and even when available they weren't much help.

镐头一般很难给带到前线，即使带来，也帮不上什么忙。

In rural India, where you can see brittle old women breaking the earth with pickaxes, the poor do not have that option.

在印度的农村地区，你可以看见颤巍巍的老妇人扛着锄头刨地，穷人根本没得选择。

In rural India, where you can see brittle old women breaking the earth with pickaxes , the poor do not have that option.

在印度的农村地区，你可以看见颤巍巍的老妇人扛着锄头刨地，穷人根本没得选择。

Minerals in open-pit mines are excavated by the ton with heavy equipment, but underground they are often extracted painstakingly with pickaxes.

露天矿场里面的矿物可以用重型机械成吨地开采，但是地下矿井里面得用镐费力地挖出来。