poverty level

基本解释

The poverty level for a single mother with two children is currently about $17,500 a year.
目前，对一名带着两个孩子的单身母亲来说，贫困线是年收入大约在17，500美元。
The numbers of those below the poverty level of $1.25 a day, which had been falling consistently in the 1990s, rose sharply in 2007-08.
而生活水平在1.25美元/天贫困线下的人口数量，从上世纪90年代以来持续下降，但2007~2008年又急剧上升。
There will be subsidies for those who earn less than two-and-a-half times the federal poverty level, or $42,925 for a family of three, and tax credits for the more affluent.
对收入不到联邦贫困线2.5倍的家庭，或收入低于42925美元的三口之家将给予补助，对较为富裕的家庭将提供免税额度(Tax Credits)。

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