贫困

Poverty leads to slums, which are an eyesore and a health hazard.

贫困产生了贫民窟，那里不仅有碍观瞻，而且卫生隐患严重。

As a group, today's old people are still relatively deprived.

整体而言，当今的老年人依然相对贫困。

These changes are likely to impoverish single-parent families even further.

这些变革很可能使单亲家庭更加贫困。

The PM pledged to make life better for the poorest families.

首相承诺改善最贫困家庭的生活状况。

Pockets of affluence coexist with poverty.

少数富裕地区与贫困地区并存。

Unemployment is a major cause of poverty.

失业是贫困的主要原因。

Poverty and illiteracy go together with high birth rates.

贫困、文盲与高出生率密切相关。

They were reduced to extreme poverty.

他们陷入极端贫困的状态。

The poverty figures were undoubtedly an embarrassment to the president.

贫困数字毫无疑问让总统非常难堪。

Poverty and bad housing conditions are still very much in evidence.

贫困和糟糕的住房条件仍很常见。

Every year we have charity days to raise money for unfortunate people.

每年我们都有慈善日来筹款帮助贫困人群。

The education authorities have to provide for children in need.

教育主管部门得救助贫困儿童。

Many mothers and children tumble into poverty after divorce.

很多母亲和孩子在离婚后陷入贫困。

Manchester still suffers from urban blight and unacceptable poverty.

曼彻斯特仍然受到城区脏乱和严重贫困问题的困扰。

The book is an analysis of poverty and its causes.

这本书分析了贫困及其原因。