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单词 poverty-stricken
释义
poverty-stricken
adjective
uk
/ˈpɒv.ə.tiˌstrɪk.ən/us
/ˈpɑː.vɚ.t̬iˌstrɪk.ən/
A poverty-strickenpersonorplaceissufferingfrom theeffectsof beingextremelypoor:
贫困的，一贫如洗的
Somebeggarsare neither poverty-strickennorhomeless.有些乞丐既不穷也并非无家可归。
There are fewjobsfor thepeasantswho havefloodedinto thecitiesfrom the poverty-strickencountrysideinsearchofwork.几乎没有什么工作可以提供给从贫困的乡下涌入城市谋生的农民。
Synonyms
destitute
impoverishedformal
indigentformal
needy
poor(NO MONEY)
Opposites
affluent
flush(RICH)informal
loaded(RICH)informal
moneyedformal
rich(MONEY)
wealthy
well off(RICH)
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not having much or enough money
  • poorHer family was poor and didn't own a computer.
  • pennilessAt the time, I was a penniless student.
  • impoverishedBenefits should be targeted at the most impoverished families.
  • disadvantagedThe scheme was set up to help disadvantaged children.
  • deprivedDeprived areas will be hardest hit by the cuts.
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(Definition ofpoverty-strickenfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

poverty-stricken| American Dictionary

poverty-stricken
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ˈpɑv·ər·tiˌstrɪk·ən/
extremelypoor:
Mygrandparentsarrivedin thiscountryas poverty-strickenimmigrants.
(Definition ofpoverty-strickenfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpoverty-stricken

poverty-stricken
Very few westerners ever trouble themselves seriously over thepoverty-strickenconditions of the third-world people whose cheap labor helps support their lives.
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These includepoverty-strickengroups of the population and less economically rewarding fields of intervention, such as health prevention and promotion (5).
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Some bricks made with very little straw are hurled in the direction of those who present ' conventional stereotypes ' of nuns aspoverty-strickenand incompetent.
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These children may have been sent back topoverty-strickencommunities where each extra mouth to feed is a potential burden.
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Degenerationists were also convinced that in an ideal worldpoverty-strickenmembers of the population would either voluntarily or semi-compulsorily return to what reformers depicted as warmly supportive rural communities.
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Of 30 men over 60 years of age, a mere 3 were listed as 'poverty-stricken' and only one was explicitly supported to some degree by the poor chest.
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Thepoverty-strickenwere all widowers.
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We will defend the doctors and anybody else who show leniency and kindness to thepoverty-strickenpoor.
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It appears that it is completely proper to give back-pay topoverty-strickenjudges but completely wrong to give any back-payment to the wealthy pensioners.
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The demand in developed, affluent, stable countries is met by supply from unstable,poverty-strickenstates.
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There will be a mass ofpoverty-strickenworkers, though some of them, we are told, will be not so badly off because of their savings.
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A tiny patch of land has accepted a population of 5 million, mostly in the form ofpoverty-strickenrefugees, over the past years.
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In some cases, a ward of immense wealth is cheek by jowl with apoverty-strickenarea.
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When the widow, the orphan, the fatherless, and thepoverty-strickenare before you the administration of the law becomes, perhaps, a little lax.
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These are the people of whom we are primarily thinking—these helpless and inarticulate masses,poverty-strickenand shackled and bound by ancient religious and social observances.
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