| 单词 | poverty line |
| 释义 | poverty line noun[S] uk/ˈpɒv.ə.ti ˌlaɪn/us/ˈpɑː.vɚ.t̬i ˌlaɪn/theofficiallevelofincomethat isneededtoachieveabasiclivingstandardwith enoughmoneyfor things such asfood,clothing, and aplacetolive: 贫困线In 1991almost36 millionAmericanswerelivingbelowthepovertyline.在1991年大约有3600万美国人生活在贫困线以下。 poverty line| American Dictionarypoverty line noun[U] us/ˈpɑv·ər·ti ˌlɑɪn/(alsopoverty level,us/ˈpɑv·ər·ti ˌlev·əl/)theamountofincomeapersonorfamilyneedsinordertomaintainanacceptablestandardofliving, and below which they areconsideredpoor the poverty line| Business Englishthe poverty line noun[S] ECONOMICSukus(USalsothe poverty level)theofficiallevelofincomethat isneededtoachieveabasiclivingstandardwith enoughmoneyfor things such asfood,clothing, and aplacetolive: live above/below the poverty lineHalf of thenationlivesbelow thepovertyline. incomesabove/below thepovertyline Examplesofpoverty linepoverty line In comparison, the minimum wage in 1968 brought a threeperson family to 120 per cent of thepovertyline. From theCambridge English Corpus If they had two children, that income would have been $2,126 above thepovertylineof $17,650. From theCambridge English Corpus One significant finding of this is that 20% of children live below the nationalpovertyline. From theCambridge English Corpus There are many ways of calculating apovertyline. From theCambridge English Corpus This might suggest that the calculation of thepovertylineat 25 yen was favourable to the poor. From theCambridge English Corpus However, as the results in table 3 illustrate, the increase in income is insufficient to get them over thepovertyline. From theCambridge English Corpus However, it accords a greater weight to poor individuals who are further away from thepovertyline. From theCambridge English Corpus The proportion of people below thepovertylinedeclined from 60 per cent to around 11 per cent from 1970 to 1996. From theCambridge English Corpus Families below the federalpovertyline, or receiving government assistance or with an unemployed principal wage earner, are classified as experiencing economic disadvantage. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, only older individuals with an additional source of income will be able to attain a standard of living above thepovertyline. From theCambridge English Corpus It is such that individuals dependent entirely on these benefits will remain below thepovertyline. From theCambridge English Corpus Firstly, the amount of income a household would receive from government taxes and transfers if it was around thepovertylinewas set to zero. From theCambridge English Corpus To protect the elderly from living below thepovertyline, a complementary public assistance scheme was introduced. From theCambridge English Corpus There was also a rise in the fraction of households below thepovertyline, if poverty is defined in terms of relative incomes. From theCambridge English Corpus In the discussion, we refer predominantly to the administrativepovertylinenumbers. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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