poverty

英['pɒvəti] 美['pɑːvərti]
  • n. 贫困；贫乏；劣质
CET4 TEM4 IELTS 考 研 TOEFL CET6
使用频率:
星级词汇:
  • povera adj.[画]概念派的

详细释义

    n. (名词)
    1. 贫乏；缺少；不足；短缺；缺乏；少量
    2. 贫瘠；不毛
    3. 贫穷，贫困
    4. 虚弱
    5. 劣质；低劣
    n. (名词)
    1. [U]贫穷,贫困 the state of being poor
    2. [S]缺少,贫乏 existing in too small amounts ; scarcity or lack
    3. [S]贫瘠,劣质 state of being inferior; poor quality

英英释义

Noun:
  1. the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

双语例句

1. Mr Dunn's pleas of poverty are only partly justified.
邓恩先生贫穷的托词只是部分成立。

来自柯林斯例句

2. They refuse to do anything about the real cause of crime: poverty.
他们拒绝采取措施解决引发犯罪的真正问题：贫穷。

来自柯林斯例句

3. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Poverty and illiteracy go together with high birth rates.
贫困、文盲与高出生率密切相关。

来自柯林斯例句

5. The poverty figures were undoubtedly an embarrassment to the president.
贫困数字毫无疑问让总统非常难堪。

来自柯林斯例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. 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。
    2. The man lived in poverty after his unemployment.
      这人失业后就生活在贫困之中。
    3. Poverty reduced him to begging.
      贫穷迫使他行乞。
    4. They were handicapped by (a) poverty of resources.
      他们因资源短缺处境窘迫。
    5. 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.
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. They lived in poverty.
      他们生活在贫困之中。
    2. He showed his poverty in his knowledge of agriculture.
      他表现出缺乏对农业知识的了解。
    3. 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。

用法讲解

用作名词 (n.)
poverty line
    贫困线minimum level of income needed to buy the basic necessities of life
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～ 形容词+～

相关词汇

【邻近词汇】

POW pout poverty gap poverty law poverty hne poverty PPP poverty area poverty belt poverty line poverty trap poverty rate poverty group
展开全文

大家正在查

ascham是什么意思 ascidian是什么意思 ascidium是什么意思 ascii是什么意思 ascites是什么意思 asclepiad是什么意思 asclepius是什么意思 ascocarp是什么意思 ascorbate是什么意思 ascorbic是什么意思