英汉词典

poverty 基本解释

• n. 贫困；困难；缺少；低劣

poverty 中文词源

来自古法语poverte,贫穷，贫乏，来自拉丁语pauper,穷的，少的，词源同poor.

poverty 英文词源

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.

poverty 英文释义

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

poverty 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。

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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。

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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。

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4. Poverty and illiteracy go together with high birth rates.

贫困、文盲与高出生率密切相关。

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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。

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poverty 实用场景例句

conditions of abject/extreme poverty

极度贫穷的状况

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to alleviate/relieve poverty

缓解 / 解除贫困

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Many elderly people live in poverty .

许多老年人生活于贫困之中。

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There is a poverty of colour in her work.

她的作品缺乏色彩。

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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。

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Garvey died in loneliness and poverty.

加维在孤独和穷困中死去。

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Britain has suffered from a poverty of ambition.

英国一直缺乏远大理想。

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...a poverty of ideas.

思想贫乏

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He envisaged an old age of loneliness and poverty.

他面对着一个孤独而贫困的晚年.

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He showed his poverty in his knowledge of agriculture.

他表现出缺乏对农业知识的了解.

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His sudden death reduced the family to poverty.

他突然去世使家庭陷入贫困.

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The relation of disease to poverty and ignorance is easy to see.

疾病与贫穷、无知之间的关系是显而易见的.

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Sloth is the mother of poverty.

懒惰是贫穷的原因.

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Neither riches nor honours can corrupt him ; neither poverty nor humbleness can make him swerve from principle ; and neither threats nor forces can subdue him.

富贵不能淫,贫贱不能移, 威武不能屈.

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Being out of work causes poverty.

失业导致贫困.

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We must continue to war against poverty and disease.

我们一定要继续同贫穷和疾病作斗争.

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It's easy to be concerned with problems across the other side of the world and not see the poverty and unhappiness on your own doorstep.

人们往往会关注世界另一端的问题,而忽略了家门口的贫困和不幸.

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His whole life is a fight against poverty and unemployment.

他的一生是与贫苦和失业斗争的一生.

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Poverty and disease often go together.

贫穷和疾病时常相伴而来.

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He views boxing as his passport out of poverty.

他把拳击看作自己摆脱贫困的手段.

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Can we ever eliminate poverty from the world?

我们有朝一日能消除世上的贫困 吗 ?

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Hunger is the accompaniment of poverty.

饥饿是贫困的伴随物.

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Arthur's books tend to poverty.

亚瑟的书趋于单调乏味.

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He brought himself to poverty.

他陷入贫困之中.

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the dehumanizing effects of poverty and squalor

贫穷和肮脏的环境造成丧失人性的结果

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A third of the population is living at or below the poverty line .

三分之一的人口生活在贫困线或以下。

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Poverty is a recurrent theme in her novels.

贫穷是她的小说中惯有的主题。

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the poverty and squalor of the slums

贫民窟的贫穷和肮脏

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Relative poverty, however, did not prevent Martin from equipping himself with an excellent education.

然而，较为贫困的状况并没有阻止马丁让自己接受一流的教育。

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Poverty and unemployment are frustratingly hard to tackle.

贫穷和失业是难以解决的问题，这常常让人泄气。

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