poverty
poverty是什么意思，
poverty怎么讀
語(yǔ)音:
英音
[?p?v?t?]
美音 [?pɑ:v?rt?]
n. 貧窮；缺乏，不足；貧瘠，不毛；低劣
【記】p(拼音pin，貧)+overt(明顯)+y(名詞后綴)→貧窮是很明顯的。
poverty 貧窮，貧乏
來(lái)自古法語(yǔ)poverte,貧窮，貧乏，來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)pauper,窮的，少的，詞源同poor.
用作名詞(n.)
- People in this area were ground down by hunger and poverty.
這個(gè)地區(qū)的人們受著饑餓和貧窮的折磨。 - The man lived in poverty after his unemployment.
這人失業(yè)后就生活在貧困之中。 - Poverty reduced him to begging.
貧窮迫使他行乞。 - They were handicapped by (a) poverty of resources.
他們因資源短缺處境窘迫。 - They were recognizable by the poverty of their dress.
根據(jù)衣著寒酸這一點(diǎn)可以把他們認(rèn)出來(lái).
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