poverty

conditions of abject/extreme poverty

极度贫穷的状况

Britain has suffered from a poverty of ambition.

英国一直缺乏远大理想。

He views boxing as his passport out of poverty.

他把拳击看作自己摆脱贫困的手段.

to alleviate/relieve poverty

缓解 / 解除贫困

He envisaged an old age of loneliness and poverty.

他面对着一个孤独而贫困的晚年.

Neither riches nor honours can corrupt him ; neither poverty nor humbleness can make him swerve from principle ; and neither threats nor forces can subdue him.

富贵不能淫,贫贱不能移, 威武不能屈.

According to World Bank figures, 41 per cent of Brazilians live in absolute poverty...

根据世界银行的统计数字，41%的巴西人生活在赤贫中。

Arthur's books tend to poverty.

亚瑟的书趋于单调乏味.

Can we ever eliminate poverty from the world?

我们有朝一日能消除世上的贫困 吗 ?

Sloth is the mother of poverty.

懒惰是贫穷的原因.

His whole life is a fight against poverty and unemployment.

他的一生是与贫苦和失业斗争的一生.

Hunger is the accompaniment of poverty.

饥饿是贫困的伴随物.

Many elderly people live in poverty .

许多老年人生活于贫困之中。

Poverty and disease often go together.

贫穷和疾病时常相伴而来.

He showed his poverty in his knowledge of agriculture.

他表现出缺乏对农业知识的了解.

Garvey died in loneliness and poverty.

加维在孤独和穷困中死去。

It's easy to be concerned with problems across the other side of the world and not see the poverty and unhappiness on your own doorstep.

人们往往会关注世界另一端的问题,而忽略了家门口的贫困和不幸.

There is a poverty of colour in her work.

她的作品缺乏色彩。

the dehumanizing effects of poverty and squalor

贫穷和肮脏的环境造成丧失人性的结果

He brought himself to poverty.

他陷入贫困之中.

Relative poverty, however, did not prevent Martin from equipping himself with an excellent education.

然而，较为贫困的状况并没有阻止马丁让自己接受一流的教育。

the poverty and squalor of the slums

贫民窟的贫穷和肮脏

Pinocchio had to tell the truth and his nose was back to normal immediately.

皮诺奇不得不说实话，他的鼻子立刻恢复了正常。

His sudden death reduced the family to poverty.

他突然去世使家庭陷入贫困.

We must continue to war against poverty and disease.

我们一定要继续同贫穷和疾病作斗争.

A third of the population is living at or below the poverty line .

三分之一的人口生活在贫困线或以下。

Being out of work causes poverty.

失业导致贫困.

...a poverty of ideas.

思想贫乏

Poverty is a recurrent theme in her novels.

贫穷是她的小说中惯有的主题。

The relation of disease to poverty and ignorance is easy to see.

疾病与贫穷、无知之间的关系是显而易见的.