跟我背CET4核心词汇:poverty

　　poverty

　　贫穷,贫困 the state of being poor

　　缺少,贫乏 existing in too small amounts ; scarcity or lack

　　贫瘠,劣质 state of being inferior; poor quality

　　同义词

　　n. impoverishment，poorness

　　反义词

　　n. wealth，wealthiness

　　参考例句

　　1. Gratitude is riches, Complaint is poverty.

　　感恩是财富，抱怨是贫穷。

　　2. Poverty was something that happened to other people.

　　贫穷 还是发生在其他人身上的事。

　　3. Poverty compelled him to sell his house, clothes, and all that.

　　贫困迫使他卖掉了房子，衣服以及其他东西。

　　双语释义

　　1.N-UNCOUNT Poverty is the state of being extremely poor. 贫穷

　　例：According to World Bank figures, 41 percent of Brazilians live in absolute poverty.

　　根据世界银行的统计数字，41%的巴西人生活在极度贫困之中。

　　2.N-SING You can use poverty to refer to any situation in which there is not enough of something or its quality is poor. 贫乏

　　例：...a poverty of ideas.

　　思想的贫乏。

　　常见用法

　　用作名词

　　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 man lived in poverty after his unemployment.

　　这人失业后就生活在贫困之中。

　　Poverty reduced him to begging.

　　贫穷迫使他行乞。

　　They were handicapped by poverty of resources.

　　他们因资源短缺处境窘迫。

　　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.