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dire poverty
释义
Example sentences
dire poverty
The evidence shows that
dire
poverty
makes people unhappy, but at the other extreme, great wealth has little effect on subjective wellbeing.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2010
)
Particularly in the cities, bad times forced many unskilled laborers and their families into
dire
poverty
.
The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877
(
1995
)
Welfare handouts were designed as a safety net against
dire
poverty
.
The Sun
(
2012
)
Definition of 'poverty'
poverty
(
p
ɒ
vəʳti
)
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uncountable noun
Poverty is the state of being extremely poor.
Definition of 'dire'
dire
(
d
aɪə
ʳ
)
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adjective
[
usually
ADJECTIVE
noun
]
Dire is used to emphasize how serious or terrible a situation or event is.
[
emphasis
]
COBUILD Collocations
dire poverty
abject poverty
address poverty
child poverty
chronic poverty
combat poverty
dire poverty
end poverty
escape poverty
extreme poverty
fight poverty
flee poverty
global poverty
grinding poverty
plead poverty
reduce poverty
relative poverty
tackle poverty
urban poverty
widespread poverty
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