poverty

英 [ˈpɒvəti]

美 [ˈpɑːvərti]

n.  贫穷; 贫困; 贫乏; 短缺; 劣质

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牛津词典

noun

• 贫穷；贫困
  the state of being poor
  1. conditions of abject/extreme poverty
     极度贫穷的状况
  2. to alleviate/relieve poverty
     缓解 / 解除贫困
  3. Many elderly people live in poverty .
     许多老年人生活于贫困之中。
• 贫乏；短缺；劣质
  a lack of sth; poor quality
  1. There is a poverty of colour in her work.
     她的作品缺乏色彩。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 贫穷；贫困
  Povertyis the state of being extremely poor.
  1. According to World Bank figures, 41 per cent of Brazilians live in absolute poverty...
     根据世界银行的统计数字，41%的巴西人生活在赤贫中。
  2. Garvey died in loneliness and poverty.
     加维在孤独和穷困中死去。
• N-SING 贫乏；短缺；低劣
  You can usepovertyto refer to any situation in which there is not enough of something or its quality is poor.
  1. Britain has suffered from a poverty of ambition.
     英国一直缺乏远大理想。
  2. ...a poverty of ideas.
     思想贫乏

英英释义

noun

• the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
  Synonym:poornessimpoverishment

双语例句

• Manchester still suffers from urban blight and unacceptable poverty.
  曼彻斯特仍然受到城区脏乱和严重贫困问题的困扰。
• Britain has suffered from a poverty of ambition.
  英国一直缺乏远大理想。
• This may end efforts to set a minimum wage well above the poverty line.
  这可能会使将最低工资定得远高于贫困线的努力告吹。
• They have been directed to give special attention to the problem of poverty
  他们得到指示要特别关注贫困问题。
• The poverty of 10 million citizens not only demeans our society but its cost also hobbles our economy.
  1,000万的贫困人口不仅给我们的社会抹黑，而且在这上面的支出也阻碍了我们的经济发展。
• Their grandfather had left his village in order to escape the grinding poverty.
  为了摆脱贫困的煎熬，他们的祖父离开了村子。
• Many mothers and children tumble into poverty after divorce
  很多母亲和孩子在离婚后陷入贫困。
• Longstanding poverty has been exacerbated by racial divisions.
  种族分化已经加剧了长期的贫困问题。
• Poverty and illiteracy go together with high birth rates.
  贫困、文盲与高出生率密切相关。
• I tackled him about how anyone could live amidst so much poverty.
  我坦率地问他，人在如此贫穷的环境中如何还能生存。