柯林斯詞典poverty /?p?v?t?/ 1. N-UNCOUNT Poverty is the state of being extremely poor. 貧窮 According to World Bank figures, 41 percent of Brazilians live in absolute poverty. 根據世界銀行的統計數字，41％的巴西人生活在極度貧睏之中。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. 貧乏[正式] [also no det, N 'of' n] ...a poverty of ideas. …思想的貧乏。 返回 poverty劍橋詞典the condition of being extremely poor 貧睏，貧窮 Two million people in the city live in abject (= very great ) poverty. 這個城市有兩百萬人生活在赤貧中。 He emigrated to Australia to escape the grinding (= very great ) poverty of his birthplace . 他爲了逃避出生地極爲貧睏的生活移民到了澳大利亞。 Helping to alleviate poverty in developing countries also helps to reduce environmental destruction . 幫助緩解發(fā)展中國家的貧睏也有助於減少對環(huán)境的破壞。 ?a poverty of sth formal a lack of something or when the quality of something is extremely low …的貧乏，…的缺少；…的劣質 There is a disappointing poverty of creativity in their work . 他們的工作缺乏創(chuàng)造性，令人失望。 例句 The problem of poverty is particularly acute in rural areas .The closure of the factory brought poverty to the town .When is the government going to tackle the problem of poverty in the inner cities ?I've never witnessed such extremes of wealth and poverty.The problems of poverty, homelessness and unemployment are all interconnected . 返回 poverty