poverty
poverty是什么意思,
poverty怎么讀
語音:
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
來自古法語poverte,貧窮,貧乏,來自拉丁語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.
這個地區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.
根據衣著寒酸這一點可以把他們認出來.
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