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单词 poverty
释义
poverty
noun[U]
uk
/ˈpɒv.ə.ti/us
/ˈpɑː.vɚ.t̬i/
B2
theconditionof beingextremelypoor:
贫困，贫穷
Two millionpeoplein thecityliveinabject(= verygreat)poverty.这个城市有两百万人生活在赤贫中。
HeemigratedtoAustraliatoescapethegrinding(= verygreat)poverty of hisbirthplace.他为了逃避出生地极为贫困的生活移民到了澳大利亚。
Helping toalleviatepoverty indevelopingcountriesalsohelpstoreduceenvironmentaldestruction.帮助缓解发展中国家的贫困也有助于减少对环境的破坏。
a poverty ofsomethingformal
alackof something or when thequalityof something isextremelylow:
…的贫乏，…的缺少；…的劣质
There is adisappointingpoverty ofcreativityintheirwork.他们的工作缺乏创造性，令人失望。
More examples
  • Theproblemof poverty isparticularlyacuteinruralareas.
  • Theclosureof thefactorybroughtpoverty to thetown.
  • When is thegovernmentgoing totackletheproblemof poverty in theinnercities?
  • I've neverwitnessedsuchextremesofwealthand poverty.
  • Theproblemsof poverty,homelessnessandunemploymentare allinterconnected.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Scarce, inadequate and not enough
  • be at a premiumidiom
  • be thin on the groundidiom
  • dearth
  • deficiency
  • deficient
  • gold dust
  • lacking
  • long onsomethingand short onsomethingidiom
  • lousy
  • meagre
  • measly
  • nearly
  • scrubby
  • shortage
  • shortfall
  • shortness
  • shy
  • skinny
  • sparse
  • thin
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(Definition ofpovertyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

poverty| American Dictionary

poverty
noun[U]
us
/ˈpɑv·ər·t̬i/
theconditionof beingpoor:
Hegrewup in poverty.
(Definition ofpovertyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

poverty| Business English

poverty
noun[U]
ECONOMICS
uk
/ˈpɒvəti/us
theconditionof beingextremelypoor:
Some 80% of Haitianslivein poverty, and few haveproperjobs.
(Definition ofpovertyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpoverty

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Many imaginative changes could be made at no cost, and that is the basis on which we have tried to approach some of poverty's difficult problems.
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Thus, the production of development discourse continues as stories ofpoverty, malnutrition, under development and illiteracy persistently appear in texts and practices.
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His findings show powerfully thatpovertycan structure the individual life course and generational relationships across time.
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Povertyis worrying about money all the time.
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The factory, she argues, ' ' suggestspoverty, entrapment, back-breaking work.
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How did its wealth orpovertychange over the very long period covered by this book?
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The second issue concernspovertyand other social problems, as well as efforts to deal with those problems.
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The overseers (homen iin) measured the degree ofpovertyin almost the same way.
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Secondly, they actively carried out and published social surveys of urbanpoverty.
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According to this interpretation, the aged ordinarily resided with their adult children only out of necessity, especially in cases ofpovertyor infirmity.
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The foundlings may therefore have come from parishes containing wealthy individuals, but also a large degree ofpovertyand indigence.
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Povertywas the main reason why children were boarded out, frequently associated with loss of parents and difficulties in providing for a large household.
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We should all do our best to lessenpovertyand suffering and make the world a more equal place.
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There are, to be sure, fewer inscriptions and no very lengthy ones, but that too reflects the relativepovertyof public culture.
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They may simply assume that old age is a time ofpoverty, decay and discrimination.
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Collocationswithpoverty

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abject poverty
The dependence on imports and therefore on production for exports, and theabjectpovertyof most of the population continued.
From theCambridge English Corpus
alleviation of poverty
Contributing to thealleviationofpovertyin recipient countries is one of the main goals of most aid organisations.
From theCambridge English Corpus
cause of poverty
Vestrymen would have known thecauseofpovertyand recording the reasons in the minutes would have seemed superfluous.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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