poverty

US [ˈpɑvərti]
UK [ˈpɒvə(r)ti]
  • n.贫困；贫穷；贫乏；短缺
  • Web缺少；缺乏；穷困

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poverty
n.
1.
[u]
贫穷；贫困the state of being poor
conditions of abject/extreme poverty
极度贫穷的状况
to alleviate/relieve poverty
缓解╱解除贫困
Many elderly people live in poverty .
许多老年人生活于贫困之中。
2.
[u][sing]
贫乏；短缺；劣质a lack of sth; poor quality
There is a poverty of colour in her work.
她的作品缺乏色彩。

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AllAll,贫困贫困,贫穷贫穷,贫乏贫乏,短缺短缺,缺少缺少,缺乏缺乏,穷困穷困
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1.
Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends.
像圣人一样培植贫困，如同香草之于花园！为获得新事物（物品）不要嫌麻烦，无论是朋友或衣衫。
xiàng shèng rén yí yàng péi zhí pín kùn , rú tóng xiāng cǎo zhī yú huā yuán ! wèi huò de xīn shì wù ( wù pǐn ) bú yào xián má fan , wú lùn shì péng yǒu huò yī shān 。
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2.
To decide how much the Mapuches are owed and the best way to help them emerge from their poverty, Chile urgently needs a national debate.
智利现在急切需要一场全国性的辩论，来决定马普利人应该拥有多少土地以及帮助他们脱贫的最佳方法。
zhì lì xiàn zài jí qiè xū yào yī chǎng quán guó xìng de biàn lùn , lái jué dìng mǎ pǔ lì rén yīng gāi yōng yǒu duō shao tǔ dì yǐ jí bāng zhù tā men tuō pín de zuì jiā fāng fǎ 。
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3.
This progress has greatly improved the prospects for growth and for a substantial reduction in poverty over the next decade.
这些进步极大地改观了未来十年增长和大幅减贫的前景。
zhè xiē jìn bù jí dà dì gǎi guān le wèi lái shí nián zēng zhǎng hé dà fú jiǎn pín de qián jǐng 。
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4.
Thanks to four years of annual economic growth of over 8%, poverty and unemployment have halved since he took office in 2003 (see chart 2).
自从科奇勒在2003年当选为阿根廷的总统，他就让国家在四年内出现每年8%的经济增长，而且贫穷度与失业率也减少过半。
zì cóng kē qí lè zài èr líng líng sān nián dāng xuǎn wéi ā gēn tíng de zǒng tǒng , tā jiù ràng guó jiā zài sì nián nèi chū xiàn měi nián bǎi fēn zhī bā de jīng jì zēng zhǎng , ér qiě pín qióng dù yǔ shī yè lǜ yě jiǎn shǎo guò bàn 。
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5.
"She's a quiet one, " he thought; "she's grown up in poverty, and I am marrying for the sake of my motherless children. "
他已经折磨死两个老婆，正在物色第三个，于是就看中了她，说她“性格文静，生在贫苦人家，而我呢，之所以结婚，是为了失去母亲的孩子。”
tā yǐ jīng zhé mó sǐ liǎng gè lǎo pó , zhèng zài wù sè dì sān gè , yú shì jiù kàn zhòng le tā , shuō tā " xìng gé wén jìng , shēng zài pín kǔ rén jiā , ér wǒ ne , zhī suǒ yǐ jié hūn , shì wèi le shī qù mǔ qīn de hái zi 。 "
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6.
She died in poverty in Paris after using what wealth and influence she had in saving the children of Loyalists from the wroth of Cornwall.
为了从盛怒的康华里候爵手中救出效忠派的后代，她耗尽了自己的财富和权势，最后贫困交加死在巴黎。
wèi le cóng shèng nù de kāng huá lǐ hòu jué shǒu zhōng jiù chū xiào zhōng pài de hòu dài , tā hào jìn le zì jǐ de cái fù hé quán shì , zuì hòu pín kùn jiāo jiā sǐ zài bā lí 。
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7.
"I think dealing with development and poverty around the world is going to be a critical component of our foreign policy, " he added.
我认为，解决全球的发展和贫困问题将成为美国外交政策中十分重要的一部分。
wǒ rèn wéi , jiě jué quán qiú de fā zhǎn hé pín kùn wèn tí jiāng chéng wéi měi guó wài jiāo zhèng cè zhōng shí fēn zhòng yào de yí bù fen 。
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But even in quite poor countries, a different concept of poverty also seems to creep in, the authors argue.
但是，学者们认为即使在非常贫困的国家，也开始对贫困不同的定义。
dàn shì , xué zhě men rèn wéi jí shǐ zài fēi cháng pín kùn de guó jiā , yě kāi shǐ duì pín kùn bù tóng de dìng yì 。
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9.
Poverty is often linked in the public mind with dependency.
在普通民众脑海中，贫穷经常和依赖联系在一起。
zài pǔ tōng mín zhòng nǎo hǎi zhōng , pín qióng jīng cháng hé yī lài lián xì zài yì qǐ 。
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10.
We may first think of the distance between the Rich and the Poor, but why are the poor always in the state of poverty?
我们可能首先想到的是贫富差距问题，但为何穷人总是那么穷呢？
wǒ men kě néng shǒu xiān xiǎng dào de shì pín fù chā jù wèn tí , dàn wèi hé qióng rén zǒng shì nà me qióng ne ?
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