跟我背CET4核心词汇-poverty

跟我背CET4核心词汇:poverty poverty
贫困,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.
感恩是财宝，埋怨是贫困。

2. Poverty was something that happened to other people.
贫困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. 贫困
例：According to World Bank figures, 41 percent of Brazilians live in absolute poverty.
依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困的熬煎。

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.
贫困迫使他行乞。

They were handicapped by poverty of resources.
他们因资源短缺境况窘迫。

They were recognizable by the poverty of their dress.
依据衣着寒酸这一点可以把他们认出来.。