记忆方法
-ty,n.后缀
即“贫困”
n.贫困
有一句话叫做“患难见真情”:
Poverty tries love.
双解例句
小知识
Families who live in poverty have a hard time getting enough food to eat. “The loss of jobs in the area led to increased poverty.” “The poverty rate is the percent of people who live in poverty in a geographic area.”
In the US, the government pays careful attention to how many citizens are living above and below the poverty level, which is defined by a certain maximum level of income. Poverty can also mean the lack of an important quality besides having enough money to live comfortably. For the last five years, David's sister has given him a pair of socks for his birthday. David believes this reflects the poverty of her imagination.
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
poverty alleviation扶贫
poverty line贫困线;贫穷线(指维持一般生活所需收入的最低标准)
extreme poverty极端贫穷
同义词
dearth / depletion / paucity / insufficiency / scarcity / want / supply / shortage / lack / need / short / absence
shortness / meagreness / bareness / scarceness / exiguity / scantiness / scantness
indigence / destitution / necessitousness / distress / bare / narrow / penury / cupboard / straits / existence / difficulties / hand-to-mouth / impoverishment / financial / pennilessness / beggary / impecuniousness / starvation / privation / poorness / hunger / pauperism / neediness / homelessness