poverty

英 ['pɒvəti] 美 ['pɑːvərti]

• n. 贫困；贫乏；劣质

双解释义

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

详尽释义

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

英英释义

Noun:

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

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. 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。
2. The man lived in poverty after his unemployment.
   这人失业后就生活在贫困之中。
3. Poverty reduced him to begging.
   贫穷迫使他行乞。
4. They were handicapped by (a) poverty of resources.
   他们因资源短缺处境窘迫。
5. 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.

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

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。

经典引文

• 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

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

poverty line

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

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

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

形容词+～

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

词源解说

• ☆ 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。

近反义词

【近义词】

• lack
• shortage

【反义词】

• comfort
• luxury
• richness