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poverty n.1.貧窮。2.缺乏,缺少,貧乏,不足 (of, in...

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Great men have often risen from poverty -- lincoln and edison , for example . 大人物常常出身貧寒,例如林肯和愛迪生。

The third world is important because of the massiveness of its poverty . 第三世界之所以重要是由于它們的普遍貧困。

Their tattered clothing and broken furniture indicated their poverty . 他們襤褸的衣服和破爛的家具顯出他們的貧窮。

The very fact of poverty prevents that activity from flourishing . 正是因為貧困的事實使這些活動無法興旺起來。

She remembered only too well the sufferings and humiliations of poverty . 從前的窮苦屈辱,她一輩子也忘不了。

Working in the slums brought her up against the realities of poverty . 她在貧民區工作,使她正視貧困的現實。

You will hear people say that poverty is the best spur to the artist . 有人說,貧窮是優秀藝術家最好的補品。

They've been working like brutes and living in poverty all their lives . 他們一輩子干的牛馬活,過著窮日子。

Despite his poverty , he refused to part with the family jewels . 盡管貧窮,他仍然不肯變賣家中的珠寶。

She would never have disowned any one on the ground of poverty . 她從不因為一個人窮,就跟他斷絕往來。

Once out of the farm the approach of poverty would be sure . 一旦失去了農場,貧窮肯定就會接踵而至。

Poverty and wealth were seen as the two faces of the same coin . 貧困和富裕被看成是一塊硬幣的兩面。

It takes a poor man many years to climb from poverty to wealth . 一個窮人需要許多年才能由貧變富。

Foreign travel opened his eyes to poverty for the first time . 他一到外國才初次見識到什么是貧窮。

There are still too many people living below the poverty line . 仍然有過多的人生活在貧困線以下。

His whole life is a fight against poverty and unemployment . 他的一生是與貧苦和失業斗爭的一生。

We must not provide against the loss of wealth by poverty . 我們決不能用貧窮來預防財產的喪失。

I see only dire poverty ahead from my feet to the grave . 面臨著我的沒有別的,只有可怕的貧困。

He argues that one of the root causes of crime is poverty . 他認為犯罪的一個根本原因是貧窮。