poverty
n. 贫困；困难；缺少；低劣
n.
贫穷；缺乏，不足；贫瘠，不毛；低劣
双语释义
n.(名词)[U]贫穷,贫困 the state of being poor
[S]缺少,贫乏 existing in too small amounts ; scarcity or lack
[S]贫瘠,劣质 state of being inferior; poor quality
英英释义
poverty[ 'pɔvəti ]
n.the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
同义词：poornessimpoverishment
词汇搭配
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～
abolish〔eliminate〕 poverty消灭〔根除〕贫困
bring about〔lead to〕 poverty带来〔导致〕贫困
combat〔fight〕 poverty同贫困作斗争
live in poverty生活在贫困之中,过着贫困的生活
plead poverty以贫困为借口,以贫困为理由
suffer from poverty忍受贫困
形容词+～
abject poverty赤贫
absolute〔severe〕 poverty绝对〔极端〕贫穷
bitter〔downright〕 poverty十分的贫困
extreme〔lifelong〕 poverty极度〔终生〕贫困
financial poverty财政上的贫困
spiritual poverty精神空虚
词组短语
in poverty贫困；处于贫困当中
poverty alleviation扶贫
poverty line贫困线；贫穷线（指维持一般生活所需收入的最低标准）
extreme poverty极端贫穷
eliminate poverty消除贫困
live in poverty过着贫穷的生活
shake off poverty摆脱贫困，脱贫
absolute poverty绝对贫困
abject poverty赤贫
poverty level贫困水平
poverty trap贫困陷阱
poverty gap贫富差距
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
People in this area were ground down by hunger and poverty.
这个地区的人们受着饥饿和贫穷的折磨。
The man lived in poverty after his unemployment.
这人失业后就生活在贫困之中。
Poverty reduced him to begging.
贫穷迫使他行乞。
They were handicapped by (a) poverty of resources.
他们因资源短缺处境窘迫。
They were recognizable by the poverty of their dress.
根据衣着寒酸这一点可以把他们认出来.
权威例句
Race, Poverty, and The American Occupational StructureA Class of Decomposable Poverty Measures
Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation by A. K. Sen
World Development Report 2000: Attacking Poverty
World Development Report 2000 / 1 Attacking Poverty
World Development Report 2000/2001: Attacking Poverty
Notes and Comments: A Class of Decomposable Poverty Measures."Econometrica no
Digital Divide: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty and the Internet World‐Wide
The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty through Profits
World Development Report 2000/01 - Attacking Poverty: Opportunity, Empowerment and Security
poverty
poverty: see poor
poverty (n.)
late 12c., from Old French poverte "poverty, misery, wretched condition" (Modern French pauvreté), from Latin paupertatem (nominative paupertas) "poverty," from pauper "poor" (see poor (adj.)).
Seeing so much poverty everywhere makes me think that God is not rich. He gives the appearance of it, but I suspect some financial difficulties. [Victor Hugo, "Les Misérables," 1862]
Poverty line attested from 1901; poverty trap from 1966; poverty-stricken from 1803.1. We must fend against poverty.
我们必须抵御贫穷。
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2. She often alluded to her poverty.
她常常谈起她的贫穷。
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3. They were driven by poverty and hunger to steal.
他们行窃是为贫穷与饥饿所迫。
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4. He brought himself to poverty.
他陷入贫困之中。
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5. How do we measure poverty?
我们如何衡量贫困呢?
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6. I said that Palestinians should not have to live in poverty and occupation.
我说，巴勒斯坦人不应只能在贫困和被占领的环境中生活。
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7. We have to ask ourselves: “What is my poverty?
我们需要问自己：“我贫穷的是什么？”
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8. What if they sink back into poverty?
要是他们重新陷入贫困，那会怎样？
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9. Many in our country do not know the pain of poverty, but we can listen to those who do.
我们国家的许多人都不知道贫穷的痛苦。但我们可以听到那些感触颇深的人们的倾诉。
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10. Perhaps we should have fought the “war on poverty” with schools — or, as we’ll see in a moment, with teachers.
也许我们应该和学校一起向贫困宣战，或者，就像我们将看到在某个瞬间，和教师们一起作战。
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11. CSR it is on the up trend. But where to from here? And how do we best optimize the role of corporations in alleviating world poverty?
CSR正处在上升趋势。那么由此向何处发展呢？我们如何能最有效地优化企业的角色来缓解贫穷世界的困境？
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12. But too much of that lengthened experience, even in the wealthy West, will be experience of poverty and neglect, unless we do something about it.
除非我们能在这方面采取措施，即使在富裕的西方，太多的这种经历将被，视为贫穷和荒废的过去。
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13. Poverty is one of the main causes of these deaths.
造成这些死亡的主要原因之一是贫穷。
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14. Again, this is just a very brief introduction to the causes of Third World poverty, but it serves as an illustration for what we in the First World can do to help.
重申一下，这里只是很简短地介绍一下第三世界贫困的缘由，不过可以据此说明我们第一世界的人可以做些什么来向他们提供帮助。
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15. My conviction remains that if you want to make poverty history, you have to make corruption and bad leadership history.
我的信念仍然是，如果你想让贫困成为历史，你就必须让腐败和不良领导成为历史。
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16. Yet another possibility is that violence, poverty, or some other adversity in childhood could affect both IQ and the risk of suicide.
另一个可能性就是童年时期的暴力、贫困或其他一些灾难可能会影响到智商和自杀倾向的机率。
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17. I should throw away my pen and move into the slums, where I could relieve poverty better and more efficiently than with a poisonous book.
我应该扔掉我的钢笔，搬到贫民窟去，我才能更好地缓解贫穷的疼痛，这比对着一本讨厌的书更有效果。
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18. Today I’d like to talk about Third World poverty, and why we in the First World are responsible. And how we can change it.
今天我想谈论的主题是：第三世界的贫困、为什么我们第一世界要对此负责，以及我们怎样才能改变它。
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19. Poverty and insecurity are two of the greatest threats to “harmony” – a word at the core of the WHO Constitution, but one we rarely hear today.
贫困和不安全是对“和谐”一词的两个最大威胁，这个词是《世界卫生组织组织法》的核心词，但是我们今天已很少听到。
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20. Poverty and insecurity are two of the greatest threats to “harmony” – a word at the core of the WHO Constitution, but one we rarely hear today.
贫困和不安全是对“和谐”一词的两个最大威胁，这个词是《世界卫生组织组织法》的核心词，但是我们今天已很少听到。
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