n.(名词)

1. 贫乏；缺少；不足；短缺；缺乏；少量
2. 贫瘠；不毛
3. 贫穷，贫困
4. 虚弱
5. 劣质；低劣

n.(名词)

1. [U]贫穷,贫困 the state of being poor
2. [S]缺少,贫乏 existing in too small amounts ; scarcity or lack
3. [S]贫瘠,劣质 state of being inferior; poor quality

Noun:

1. the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

1.贫穷；贫困
poverty is the state of being extremely poor.

e.g. According to World Bank figures, 41 per cent of Brazilians live in absolutepoverty...
根据世界银行的统计数字，41%的巴西人生活在赤贫中。
e.g. Garvey died in loneliness andpoverty.
加维在孤独和穷困中死去。

2.贫乏；短缺；低劣
You can usepoverty to refer to any situation in which there is not enough of something or its quality is poor.

poverty

e.g. Britain has suffered from apoverty of ambition.
英国一直缺乏远大理想。
e.g. ...apoverty of ideas.
思想贫乏

1.

1. 穷困：对于贫穷问题或者窘迫境遇的研究,其理论范式经历了从穷困(poverty)理论到剥夺(deprivation)理论,再到社会排斥理论的几次大的转变. 贫困理论认为,贫困是在社会中缺乏必要的、最低标准的、生存必须的经济来源(主要是收入来源),

2. 貧：在他们袍子的腰带尾上有三个结,代表著他们向神所起的三个愿:终生持守简朴 清贫(poverty),持守圣洁忠贞(Chastity),和完全的归向顺服 (Obedience). 每一个修士每日凌晨起身,当要去紮紧腰带触及到这三个结时,他必由此提醒自 己,

People in this area were ground down by hunger and poverty.

这个地区的人们受着饥饿和贫穷的折磨。

The man lived in poverty after his unemployment.

这人失业后就生活在贫困之中。

poverty reduced him to begging.

贫穷迫使他行乞。

They were handicapped by (a) poverty of resources.

他们因资源短缺处境窘迫。

They were recognizable by the poverty of their dress.

根据衣着寒酸这一点可以把他们认出来.

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。

There is a poverty of colour in her work.

她的作品缺乏色彩。

According to World Bank figures, 41 per cent of Brazilians live in absolute poverty...

根据世界银行的统计数字，41%的巴西人生活在赤贫中。

Garvey died in loneliness and poverty.

加维在孤独和穷困中死去。

Britain has suffered from a poverty of ambition.

英国一直缺乏远大理想。

...a poverty of ideas.

思想贫乏

He envisaged an old age of loneliness and poverty.

他面对着一个孤独而贫困的晚年.

He showed his poverty in his knowledge of agriculture.

他表现出缺乏对农业知识的了解.

His sudden death reduced the family to poverty.

他突然去世使家庭陷入贫困.

The relation of disease to poverty and ignorance is easy to see.

疾病与贫穷、无知之间的关系是显而易见的.

Sloth is the mother of poverty.

懒惰是贫穷的原因.

Neither riches nor honours can corrupt him ; neither poverty nor humbleness can make him swerve from principle ; and neither threats nor forces can subdue him.

富贵不能淫,贫贱不能移, 威武不能屈.

Being out of work causes poverty.

失业导致贫困.

We must continue to war against poverty and disease.

我们一定要继续同贫穷和疾病作斗争.

It's easy to be concerned with problems across the other side of the world and not see the poverty and unhappiness on your own doorstep.

人们往往会关注世界另一端的问题,而忽略了家门口的贫困和不幸.

His whole life is a fight against poverty and unemployment.

他的一生是与贫苦和失业斗争的一生.

poverty and disease often go together.

贫穷和疾病时常相伴而来.

He views boxing as his passport out of poverty.

他把拳击看作自己摆脱贫困的手段.

Can we ever eliminate poverty from the world?

我们有朝一日能消除世上的贫困 吗 ?

Hunger is the accompaniment of poverty.

饥饿是贫困的伴随物.

Arthur's books tend to poverty.

亚瑟的书趋于单调乏味.

He brought himself to poverty.

他陷入贫困之中.

the dehumanizing effects of poverty and squalor

贫穷和肮脏的环境造成丧失人性的结果

A third of the population is living at or below the poverty line .

三分之一的人口生活在贫困线或以下。

poverty is a recurrent theme in her novels.

贫穷是她的小说中惯有的主题。

the poverty and squalor of the slums

贫民窟的贫穷和肮脏

Relative poverty, however, did not prevent Martin from equipping himself with an excellent education.

然而，较为贫困的状况并没有阻止马丁让自己接受一流的教育。

poverty and unemployment are frustratingly hard to tackle.

贫穷和失业是难以解决的问题，这常常让人泄气。

1. They lived in poverty.
   他们生活在贫困之中。
2. He showed his poverty in his knowledge of agriculture.
   他表现出缺乏对农业知识的了解。
3. They were recognizable by the poverty of their dress.
   根据衣着寒酸这一点可以把他们认出来。

poverty line

贫困线minimum level of income needed to buy the basic necessities of life

动词+～

• poverty">abolish〔eliminate〕 poverty消灭〔根除〕贫困
• poverty">bring about〔lead to〕 poverty带来〔导致〕贫困
• poverty">combat〔fight〕 poverty同贫困作斗争
• poverty">live in poverty生活在贫困之中,过着贫困的生活
• poverty">plead poverty以贫困为借口,以贫困为理由
• poverty">suffer from poverty忍受贫困

形容词+～

• poverty">abject poverty赤贫
• poverty">absolute〔severe〕 poverty绝对〔极端〕贫穷
• poverty">bitter〔downright〕 poverty十分的贫困
• poverty">extreme〔lifelong〕 poverty极度〔终生〕贫困
• poverty">financial poverty财政上的贫困
• poverty">spiritual poverty精神空虚

• Father blamed himself bitterly for the poverty that forced him to bring us up in a slum.

  出自：S. Bellow

• Freud was..neat in dress..even when early poverty made this difficult.

  出自：A. Storr

• ☆ 1175年进入英语，直接源自古法语的poverte；最初源自古典拉丁语的paupertatem，意为贫穷。