英 [ˈpɒvəti] 美 [ˈpɑːvərti]
n. 贫穷，贫困；<正式>贫乏，低劣；个人财产权的放弃（作为宗教誓约的一部分）
poverty /ˈpɒvətɪ/ CET4 TEM4
不可数名词 Poverty is the state of being extremely poor. 贫穷
According to World Bank figures, 41 percent of Brazilians live in absolute poverty.
根据世界银行的统计数字，41％的巴西人生活在极度贫困之中。
单数型名词 You can use poverty to refer to any situation in which there is not enough of something or its quality is poor. 贫乏
...a poverty of ideas.
…思想的贫乏。
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
同义词： poorness / impoverishment
贫困-引用次数：2406
Urban Poverty;; Economic Openness;; Economic Growth ;;Inequality;;“Threshold Effect”
城镇贫困;;经济开放;;经济增长;;收入分配;;“门槛效应”
参考来源经济开放对我国城镇贫困的影响研究
贫穷-引用次数：38
The extreme poverty and discrimination in both city and countryside cause the blacks serious psychology crisis and ethic metamorphosis, which simultaneously initiate respective psychological and ethic metamorphosis of American whites.
城市和农村同样的贫穷和歧视导致黑人严重心理危机和伦理变形,同时对非裔美国人的歧视同样引发了美国白人的心理和伦理变形。
波佛提湾
贫乏
同时却有更多的人感到不解，为何你出身乡下家境贫穷(Poverty)，既无学历也无专长，我却钟情于你。
贫困（Poverty）：再骰一次骰子，下次所掷出的结果无论正负效果减半。
... poverty n.贫穷,贫困,贫乏,缺少 present n.赠品,礼物,现在,瞄准 pressure n.压,压力,电压,压迫,强制,紧迫 ...
贫困；困难；缺少；低劣
difficulty / shortage / hardness / want
He ended his days in poverty.
他在贫穷中度过余生。
Disease often goes with poverty.
疾病与贫穷常常相伴而生。
It's horrifying to see such poverty.
看到这种贫困状况令人震惊。
It followed his journey from poverty in Texas to the theater in New York City and the film world of Hollywood,California.
VOA : special.2010.06.21
And the question is how does poverty fit into that question of life issues, with the prolife, with the death penalty.
问题是，贫困问题,是怎样和反堕胎，死刑等问题一同，被纳入生命这个话题中来的。
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so you pay and they'll donate money to poverty or Habitat for Humanity or some organizations like that.
你交钱而他们会把钱捐给穷人或者仁人家园或者其他类似的慈善机构。
SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 派对很好玩
At home,children living with a sick adult are more likely to live in poverty and face physical and emotional abuse.
VOA : special.2011.06.08
Many American lawmakers, including President Obama, believe the green industry will become a way out of poverty for economically troubled communities.
VOA : special.2009.09.04
But, as my mother used to say, we cannot be expected to live in picturesque poverty.
Michael cared deeply and used that talent to help bring attention to famine and poverty in Africa.
But where were the resources to eliminate poverty and unemployment and end predatory policing in the black community?