poverty

美音：['pɑvərti] 英音：['pɒvə(r)ti]

简单释义：

n.贫困；贫穷；贫乏；短缺

网络缺少；缺乏；穷困

完整释义：

1.贫穷
2.缺乏,缺少,贫乏,不足; (土地的)贫瘠,不毛
3.虚弱;低劣

例句：

Personally I cannot see it is proper to oppose poverty eradication against dealing with Climate Change, or at least put one above the other.
我个人并不认为应将消除贫困和应对气候变化对立起来，或者将一者置于另一者之上。
That such a potentially super-rich country as ours has been brought to a state of such poverty!
像我们这样本来有可能成为超级富国的国家，竟陷入如此贫困的境地！
When he was a child, his father left home leaving him in poverty.
当他还是小孩时，他的父亲离开了家，让他活着穷困中。
Poverty depresses most people; in the case of him it was otherwise.
贫穷会把大部分人压垮，但对于他来说，情况可就不同了。
As she said, she was 'fond of luxury', and her chief trouble was poverty.
正如她自己所说，她“向往奢华”，她的主要烦恼便是贫穷。
For many people, there seems to be no escape from poverty; in other words, they are poor, and they have no hope that this will ever change.
对许多人来说，贫穷似乎无法逃避，换句话说，他们是是穷人，并且不指望这种情况会有所改变。
Poverty campaign groups might also be more enthusiastic if the benefits of climate policies were shared out in a more progressive manner.
如果气候政策能够以更合理的方式惠及大众，扶贫运动团体也会更加积极。
I found that I had been a rich man without any damage to my poverty.
我发现我始终是一名不因为贫困而改变志向的富翁。

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