poverty的音标

英 [ˈpɒvəti]

美 [ˈpɑːvərti]

poverty的用法

n. 贫穷;贫困;贫乏;短缺;劣质

poverty的例句

1.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。

2.Britain has suffered from a poverty of ambition.
英国一直缺乏远大理想。

3.Garvey died in loneliness and poverty.
加维在孤独和穷困中死去。

4.Economic growth is still bound to the issues of poverty, social justice and conservation.
经济增长仍然与贫困、社会公正和资源保护等问题紧密相连。

5.Poverty and human folly magnify natural disasters
贫困和人类的愚昧加剧了自然灾难。

poverty的常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1.They lived in poverty.
他们生活在贫困之中。

2.He showed his poverty in his knowledge of agriculture.
他表现出缺乏对农业知识的了解。

3.They were recognizable by the poverty of their dress.
根据衣着寒酸这一点可以把他们认出来。

poverty的常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

poverty line
贫困线minimum level of income needed to buy the basic necessities of life

poverty的词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+poverty

abolish〔eliminate〕 poverty 消灭〔根除〕贫困
bring about〔lead to〕 poverty 带来〔导致〕贫困
combat〔fight〕 poverty 同贫困作斗争
live in poverty 生活在贫困之中,过着贫困的生活
plead poverty 以贫困为借口,以贫困为理由
suffer from poverty 忍受贫困

形容词+poverty

abject poverty 赤贫
absolute〔severe〕 poverty 〔极端〕贫穷
bitter〔downright〕 poverty 十分的贫困
extreme〔lifelong〕 poverty 极度〔终生〕贫困
financial poverty 财政上的贫困
spiritual poverty 精神空虚

poverty的真题例句

1.We must cut carbon emissions by 80% from their 2006 levels by 2020, stabilize the world's population at eight billion by 2040, completely remove poverty, and restore forests and soils.
出自-四级2016年6月阅读原文

2.Before you brush this argument aside as rubbish, or think of joy as an unaffordable luxury in a nation where there is awful poverty, low academic achievement, and high dropout rates, think again.
出自-四级2015年12月阅读原文

3.Relative poverty is generally considered to be a household income level which is below a given proportion of average family income.
2017年6月六级真题（套）听力 Section C

4.The Child Poverty Action Group says 9 out of 30 in every classroom fall below the poverty line.
2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

5.Maxime's early entry into the adult world with its responsibilities gave her the determination to ensure that her kids would not end up in Waterhouse's roundabout of poverty.
2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

6.The barefoot kid who just a few years previously had been living in poverty, surrounded by criminals and violence, had written a new chapter in the history of sports.
2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

7.The family’s increasing poverty forced Dickens out of school at age 12 to work in Warren’s Blacking Warehouse, a shoe-polish factory, where the other working boys mocked him as "the young gentleman."
出自-2017年考研阅读原文

8.In contrast, suppose you give a reasonable argument: that full-time workers should not have to live in poverty.
2020年考研真题（英语一）翻译 Section Ⅲ