音标:['pɒvәti] ; 柯林斯词典等级:3 级;
n. 贫穷, 贫困, 缺乏
[医] 贫乏, 缺乏
n. the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
词型变化:名词复数形式 : poverties
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poverty的用法和样例:

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。

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

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
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