单词 | poverty line |
释义 | > as lemmaspoverty line poverty line n. the estimated minimum income needed to purchase the necessities of life. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poverty level poverty line1890 poverty level1922 1890 Cent. Mag. June 173/1 Class E, composed of those who have regular standard workingmen's earnings of above the poverty line, includes 42.3 per cent. 1968 E. Brill Old Cotswold vi. 89 He had little of the sharp business acumen that goes with the making of money on a big scale, but this is not evidence that he or his family were ever on the poverty line. 1990 Lancet 25 Aug. 492/2 The proportion of children living on less than half average income, the nearest there is to an official..poverty line, increased from 12% to 26%. < as lemmas |
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