poverty
2024-07-09 23:25
Meaning
- [U, sing.] a lack of sth; poor quality 贫乏；短缺；劣质
- the state of being poor 贫穷；贫困
Examples
- conditions of abject/extreme poverty 极度贫穷的状况
- to alleviate/relieve poverty 缓解╱解除贫困
- Many elderly people live in poverty. 许多老年人生活于贫困之中。
- There is a poverty of colour in her work. 她的作品缺乏色彩。
- the poverty of her imagination. 她想像力的贫乏
Relational words
poverty-stricken adj.贫穷的
说“穷”不该用 poorness，该用 poverty。但说“低劣”该用 poorness，如 the poorness of his performance。the poorness of the harvest 似乎比 the poverty of the harvest 好些。
poverty: 指从缺乏生活必需品,一直到无法获得娱乐品等种种不同的状态,为表示贫穷或缺乏的意义最广的用语
want, destitution: 均指缺乏食物或住家等最基本生活必需品的极端贫困