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

• He had broken his vow of poverty.
  他违背了他安贫乐道的誓言。
• Garvey died in loneliness and poverty.
  加维在孤独和穷困中死去。
• 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。
• He stole, lied, deceived and pimped his way out of poverty.
  他通过偷窃、撒谎、欺诈和拉皮条使自己摆脱了贫困。
• Great men have often risen from poverty--Lincoln and Edison, for example.
  大人物常常出身贫寒，例如林肯和爱迪生。
• She has a sure grasp of social issues such as literacy, poverty and child care.
  她对扫盲、贫穷和儿童保育等社会问题都有深切的认识。
• Being out of work causes poverty.
  失业导致贫困。
• Poverty and human folly magnify natural disasters
  贫困和人类的愚昧加剧了自然灾难。
• Poverty and bad housing conditions are still very much in evidence.
  贫困和糟糕的住房条件仍很常见。
• The government is not simply relying on trickle-down economics to tackle poverty.
  政府并没有仅仅依赖垂滴经济学来解决贫困。