poverty line

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  • n.贫困线（政府规定维持最低生活水平所需的收入标准）
  • Web贫穷线；台湾贫穷线；贫穷线测量
Plural Form：poverty lines  

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poverty line
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1.
贫困线（政府规定维持最低生活水平所需的收入标准）the official level of income that is necessary to be able to buy the basic things you need such as food and clothes and to pay for somewhere to live
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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Nearly fifty percent of the children here live below the poverty line without the services and conveniences that we all take for granted.
这儿有一半的孩子生活在贫困线下，没有我们觉得理所应当的服务和便利。
zhè er yǒu yí bàn de hái zi shēng huó zài pín kùn xiàn xià , méi yǒu wǒ men jué de lǐ suǒ yīng dāng de fú wù hé biàn lì 。
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2.
one person in two in what had been a broadly middle-class society found themselves below the poverty line.
以前一半的人跻身中产之列，却发现自己一夜间身处贫困线之下。
yǐ qián yí bàn de rén jī shēn zhōng chǎn zhī liè , què fā xiàn zì jǐ yī yè jiān shēn chù pín kùn xiàn zhī xià 。
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3.
This rises to nearly three-quarters of those parents below the poverty line, the online poll of 854 parents for Save the Children indicated.
这个由854名父母参与的名为“救救孩子”的网上调查显示，对于在贫困线以下的父母而言这个比例上升到了四分之三。
zhè ge yóu bā bǎi wǔ shí sì míng fù mǔ cān yù de míng wéi " jiù jiù hái zi " de wǎng shàng diào chá xiǎn shì , duì yú zài pín kùn xiàn yǐ xià de fù mǔ ér yán zhè ge bǐ lì shàng shēng dào le sì fēn zhī sān 。
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4.
Almost a fifth of New Orleans households now live below the federal poverty line ($22, 000 a year for a family of four).
现在，将近五分之一的新奥尔良家庭生活在国家贫困线以下（一个四口之家年收入为22,000美元）。
xiàn zài , jiāng jìn wǔ fēn zhī yī de xīn ào ěr liáng jiā tíng shēng huó zài guó jiā pín kùn xiàn yǐ xià ( yī gè sì kǒu zhī jiā nián shōu rù wèi èr shí èr , líng líng líng měi yuán ) 。
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5.
In 1992, it accounted for 33% of the poverty line for able-bodied persons and by 1995 it had decreased to 14% of that level.
1992年，它对贫困线百分之33的健全人负责，1995年则下降到了百分之14。
yī jiǔ jiǔ èr nián , tā duì pín kùn xiàn bǎi fēn zhī sān shí sān de jiàn quán rén fù zé , yī jiǔ jiǔ wǔ nián zé xià jiàng dào le bǎi fēn zhī shí sì 。
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6.
More than 10 million people are still living below poverty line, a population equal to that of Belgium.
中国绝对贫困人口还有1000多万，相当于一个比利时。
zhōng guó jué duì pín kùn rén kǒu hái yǒu yì qiān duō wàn , xiāng dāng yú yī gè bǐ lì shí 。
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7.
In the early years of the reform, the minimum wage fell significantly below the poverty line.
在早期的改革中，最低工资跌到了贫困线以下。
zài zǎo qī de gǎi gé zhōng , zuì dī gōng zī diē dào le pín kùn xiàn yǐ xià 。
article.yeeyan.org
8.
For a large part I lived on relatively little, for quite a few years, even in my thirties, below the poverty line.
在大部分的时间里，我生活得相对来说很简单，甚至在三十多岁的那几年，我生活在贫困线以下。
zài dà bù fen de shí jiān lǐ , wǒ shēng huó de xiāng duì lái shuō hěn jiǎn dān , shèn zhì zài sān shí duō suì de nà jǐ nián , wǒ shēng huó zài pín kùn xiàn yǐ xià 。
blog.sina.com.cn
9.
China is raising its rural poverty line by more than 90% in what it says is an attempt to increase aid to its low-income population.
中国将农村贫困线上调90%多，称这是为了增加对低收入人群的帮助。
zhōng guó jiāng nóng cūn pín kùn xiàn shàng tiáo bǎi fēn zhī jiǔ shí duō , chēng zhè shì wèi le zēng jiā duì dī shōu rù rén qún de bāng zhù 。
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10.
And yet one hundred and fifty million Chinese live below the poverty line.
然而，仍有1.5亿中国人生活在贫困线以下。
rán ér , réng yǒu yī diǎn wǔ yì zhōng guó rén shēng huó zài pín kùn xiàn yǐ xià 。
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