poverty

['pɔvəti]

n.贫困, 贫乏, 劣质

例句与用法：

Although she was poor, she was living in genteel poverty.

尽管她贫穷，但她总想装出上流社会阶层的样子。

The novel is a searing indictment of urban poverty.

这部小说是对城市贫困的震撼心灵的控诉。

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。

The old man has been soured by poverty.

那老人因贫困而变得乖戾了。

The government has pledged itself to wage a war against poverty and disease.

政府发誓要进行一场消灭贫穷和疾病的斗争。

The man lived in poverty after his unemployment.

这人失业后就生活在贫困之中。

详细释义：

n.[U]

1. 贫穷, 贫困

His family lives below the poverty line.

他的一家生活极端艰苦。

He lived in poverty.

他生活贫穷。

2. 贫乏, 缺少[S1][(+of/in)]

The article shows a poverty of imagination.

这篇文章显得缺乏想像力。

His later stories are not interesting because of their poverty of imagination.

他后来写的故事因为缺乏想像力而枯燥乏味。

3. 不毛, 贫瘠

4. 虚弱