poverty的意思

n. 貧窮；缺乏，不足；貧瘠，不毛；低劣

poverty的用法

用作名詞(n.)

They lived in poverty.

他們生活在貧困之中。

He showed his poverty in his knowledge of agriculture.

他表現(xiàn)出缺乏對(duì)農(nóng)業(yè)知識(shí)的了解。

They were recognizable by the poverty of their dress.

根據(jù)衣著寒酸這一點(diǎn)可以把他們認(rèn)出來(lái)。

poverty的用法例句

1. Mr Dunn's pleas of poverty are only partly justified.

鄧恩先生貧窮的托詞只是部分成立。

2. They refuse to do anything about the real cause of crime: poverty.

他們拒絕采取措施解決引發(fā)犯罪的真正問(wèn)題：貧窮。

3. He stole, lied, deceived and pimped his way out of poverty.

他通過(guò)偷竊、撒謊、欺詐和拉皮條使自己擺脫了貧困。

4. Poverty and illiteracy go together with high birth rates.

貧困、文盲與高出生率密切相關(guān)。

5. The poverty figures were undoubtedly an embarrassment to the president.

貧困數(shù)字毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)讓總統(tǒng)非常難堪。

6. The government is not simply relying on trickle-down economics to tackle poverty.

政府并沒(méi)有僅僅依賴(lài)垂滴經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)來(lái)解決貧困。