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povertyUK:*/ˈpɒvərti/US:/ˈpɑvɚti/ ,(pov′ər tē)UK-RP:UK-Yorkshire:Irish:Scottish:US Southern:Jamaican: 主要翻译 poverty n (poor)贫穷；贫困He has a tiny income and lives in great poverty.他的收入很少，生活在极度穷困中。 poverty n figurative (scarcity, paucity)匮乏，枯竭The designer, suffering from a poverty of ideas, began to copy the work of others.那名设计师因为灵感枯竭，所以开始剽窃别人的作品。 复合形式： live in poverty v expr (be very poor)生活贫困Half the world lives in poverty while the other half throws away good food. poverty line, poverty level n (income level)贫困线 poverty-stricken adj (extremely poor)为贫穷所困扰的；非常贫穷的；非常贫困的This organization strives to help as many of the poverty-stricken families in this city as possible. |