poverty
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈpɒv.ə.ti]
- 美式音标 [ˈpɑː.vɚ.t̬i]
- 国际音标 ['pɔvəti]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 贫困；困难；缺少；低劣
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。
词组短语
- 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 过着贫穷的生活
- plead poverty 以贫困为借口,以贫困为理由
用作名词 (n.)
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英英字典
- the condition of being extremely poor
- Poverty is the state of being extremely poor.
- You can use poverty to refer to any situation in which there is not enough of something or its quality is poor.
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柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 贫困
Urban Poverty;; Economic Openness;; Economic Growth ;;Inequality;;“Threshold Effect”
城镇贫困;;经济开放;;经济增长;;收入分配;;“门槛效应”法学
- 贫困
The poverty of peasant is a social problem.
农民贫困问题是一个社会问题。文学
- 贫穷
The extreme poverty and discrimination in both city and countryside cause the blacks serious psychology crisis and ethic metamorphosis, which simultaneously initiate respective psychological and ethic metamorphosis of American whites.
城市和农村同样的贫穷和歧视导致黑人严重心理危机和伦理变形,同时对非裔美国人的歧视同样引发了美国白人的心理和伦理变形。 - 穷困
苔丝一家，毫无例外地，也是穷困潦倒。
地球科学
- 波佛提湾
- 贫乏