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poverty
英 [ˈpɒvəti]
[NOUN]
1. [U 不可数名词] 贫穷
Poverty is the state of being extremely poor.
近义词
deprivation , destitution , penury
反义词
affluence
双语例句
例：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％的巴西人生活在极度贫困之中。
例：More than 300 million Indians live below the poverty line.
超过3亿印度人生活在贫困线下。
2. [SING 单数型名词] 贫乏
You can use poverty to refer to any situation in which there is not enough of something or its quality is poor.
双语例句
例：a poverty of ideas.
思想的贫乏。