poverty
- n.贫穷;贫困;贫乏;短缺;劣质
poverty
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N-UNCOUNT 贫穷;贫困
Poverty is the state of being extremely poor.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。
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N-SING 贫乏;短缺;低劣
You can use poverty to refer to any situation in which there is not enough of something or its quality is poor.Britain has suffered from a poverty of ambition.
英国一直缺乏远大理想。
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In an ideal world there would be no poverty and disease .
在理想的世界里将没有贫穷和疾病。
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They envision an equal society , free from poverty and disease .
他们向往一个没有贫穷和疾病的平等社会。
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The book is an analysis of poverty and its causes .
这本书分析了贫困及其原因。
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Many people live in poverty through no fault of their own .
很多人生活贫困并非他们自己有什么过错。
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There is a poverty of colour in her work .
她的作品缺乏色彩。
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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。
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Older people comprise a large proportion of those living in poverty .
在那些生活贫困的人中,老年人占有很大的比例。
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They envision an equal society , free of poverty and disease .
他们向往一个没有贫穷和疾病的平等社会。
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Unemployment is a major cause of poverty .
失业是贫困的主要原因。
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Bad housing , debt and poverty are interconnected .
恶劣的住房条件、负债以及贫困是相互关联的。
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Bad housing is interconnected with debt and poverty .
住房条件差与负债以及贫困相关联。
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Unemployment was the chief cause of poverty .
失业是贫穷的主要原因。
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The geography of poverty and the geography of voting are connected .
贫穷的地理环境与选票的地理分布是相联系的。
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The poverty of her childhood stands in total contrast to her life in Hollywood .
她孩提时的贫困处境与她在好莱坞的生活有着天壤之别。
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Poverty is a recurrent theme in her novels .
贫穷是她的小说中惯有的主题。
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He ended his days in poverty .
他在贫穷中度过余生。
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Working in the slums brought her up against the realities of poverty .
在贫民窟工作使她直面了解贫困的现实。
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It 's horrifying to see such poverty .
看到这种贫困状况令人震惊。
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Squalor and poverty lay behind the city 's glittering fa ç ade .
表面的繁华掩盖了这座城市的肮脏和贫穷。
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Government claims that there is no poverty are belied by the number of homeless people on the streets .
大街上无家可归者的人数证明政府所声称的没有贫困的说法是谎言。
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Poverty is less of a problem now than it used to be .
贫穷问题已较过去有所缓解。
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Poverty and bad housing conditions are still very much in evidence .
贫困和糟糕的住房条件仍很常见。
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They have been directed to give special attention to the problem of poverty
他们得到指示要特别关注贫困问题。
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Thirteen per cent of the population live below the poverty line .
13%的人口生活在贫困线以下。
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Poverty and illiteracy go together with high birth rates .
贫困、文盲与高出生率密切相关。
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This may end efforts to set a minimum wage well above the poverty line .
这可能会使将最低工资定得远高于贫困线的努力告吹。
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They refuse to do anything about the real cause of crime : poverty
他们拒绝采取措施解决引发犯罪的真正问题:贫穷。
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One cause of the artist 's suicide seems to have been chronic poverty
那位艺术家自杀的一个原因似乎是极端贫困。
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Economic growth is still bound to the issues of poverty , social justice and conservation .
经济增长仍然与贫困、社会公正和资源保护等问题紧密相连。
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I broke through the poverty barrier and it was education that did it .
我摆脱了贫困,这要归功于教育。