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詳細釋義
n.(名詞)
貧乏；缺少；不足；短缺；缺乏；少量
貧瘠；不毛
貧窮，貧困
虛弱
劣質；低劣
1.貧乏；缺少；不足；短缺；缺乏；少量
2.貧瘠；不毛
3.貧窮，貧困
4.虛弱
5.劣質；低劣
英英釋義
Noun:
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
1.the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
雙語例句
People in this area were ground down by hunger andpoverty. 這個地區的人們受著飢餓和貧窮的折磨。
The man lived inpovertyafter his unemployment. 這人失業後就生活在貧困之中。
They were handicapped by (a)povertyof resources. 他們因資源短缺處境窘迫。
They were recognizable by thepovertyof their dress. 根據衣著寒酸這一點可以把他們認出來。
A stable family is the best protection against proverty.
安定的家庭是抵抗平窮最有力的保護措施。
1.People in this area were ground down by hunger andpoverty. 這個地區的人們受著飢餓和貧窮的折磨。
2.The man lived inpovertyafter his unemployment. 這人失業後就生活在貧困之中。
3.They were handicapped by (a)povertyof resources. 他們因資源短缺處境窘迫。
4.They were recognizable by thepovertyof their dress. 根據衣著寒酸這一點可以把他們認出來。
5.A stable family is the best protection against proverty.
安定的家庭是抵抗平窮最有力的保護措施。
常用短語
•poverty line
1.貧困線minimum level of income needed to buy the basic necessities of life
They are still living below the poverty line. 他們仍然生活在貧困線以下。
辭彙搭配
•用作名詞 (n.)
•動詞+～
•abolish〔eliminate〕 poverty消滅〔根除〕貧困
•bring about〔lead to〕 poverty帶來〔導致〕貧困
•combat〔fight〕 poverty同貧困作鬥爭
•live in poverty生活在貧困之中,過著貧困的生活
•plead poverty以貧困為藉口,以貧困為理由
•suffer from poverty忍受貧困
•形容詞+～
•abject poverty赤貧
•absolute〔severe〕 poverty絕對〔極端〕貧窮
•bitter〔downright〕 poverty十分的貧困
•extreme〔lifelong〕 poverty極度〔終生〕貧困
•financial poverty財政上的貧困
•spiritual poverty精神空虛
經典引文
•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
詞源解說
1175年進英入語，直接源自古法語的poverte；最初源自古典拉丁語的paupertatem，意為貧窮。
