英语词汇“poverty”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	poverty
释义	Trends of poverty View usage for: poverty (pɒvəʳti) 1. uncountable noun Poverty is the state of being extremely poor. ...people living in absolute poverty. Garvey died in loneliness and poverty. 2. singular noun You can use poverty to refer to any situation in which there is not enough of something or its quality is poor. [formal] Britain has suffered from a poverty of ambition. [+ of] ...a poverty of ideas. Synonyms: scarcity, lack, absence, want More Synonyms of poverty More Synonyms of poverty poverty in British English (ˈpɒvətɪ) noun 1. the condition of being without adequate food, money, etc 2. scarcity or dearth a poverty of wit 3. a lack of elements conducive to fertility in land or soil Word origin C12: from Old French poverté, from Latin paupertās restricted means, from pauper poor poverty in American English (ˈpɑvərti) noun 1. the condition or quality of being poor; indigence; need 2. deficiency in necessary properties or desirable qualities, or in a specific quality, etc.; inadequacy poverty of the soil, her poverty of imagination 3. smallness in amount; scarcity; paucity SYNONYMY NOTE: poverty, the broadest of these terms, implies a lack of the resources for reasonably comfortableliving; , destitution, want imply such great poverty that the means for mere subsistence, such as food and shelter,are lacking; , indigence, a somewhat euphemistic term, implies a lack of luxuries which one formerly enjoyed;, penury suggests such severe poverty as to cause misery, or a loss of self-respect OPPOSITES: wealth, affluence Word origin ME poverte < OFr povreté < L paupertas < pauper, poor COBUILD Collocations 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 Examples of 'poverty' in a sentence poverty These examples have been automatically selected and may contain sensitive content.Read more… Free healthcare and education were of little comfort when food rationing and poverty were all around. Times, Sunday Times (2016) A little under half of the British population lived in what today we would term as extreme poverty. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Since 1990 almost 1.1 billion have escaped extreme poverty. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Its focus has been on poverty, unemployment, education and health. The Sun (2016) Asked specifically about world hunger and extreme poverty over a recent period, three-quarters thought it had increased. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Nearly a third of its citizens live below the poverty line and unemployment is soaring. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Volunteers at food banks are already bringing their skills to the food poverty challenge. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Poverty and a lack of education can often be a cause of these problems. The Sun (2011) He emphasised that his aim was to tackle poverty. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The relative laziness is accompanied by lack of imagination and a poverty of ambition. Times, Sunday Times (2009) We need cheaper energy to power industrial revival and take people out of fuel poverty. The Sun (2016) Thousands of working folk are on the poverty line. The Sun (2013) They preach a message of hope in the midst of gang violence and extreme poverty. Christianity Today (2000) The question is whether we define poverty in absolute or relative terms. Times, Sunday Times (2006) These help families out of food poverty. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It is poverty and lack of education that cause the grief. Times, Sunday Times (2012) So much for concern about fuel poverty. Times, Sunday Times (2011) That the disabled continue to live under the poverty line? Times, Sunday Times (2014) Her case proves that there is an alternative way to deal with extreme poverty. Times, Sunday Times (2015) But to some extent poverty is an absolute condition. Redwood, John The Global Marketplace (1993) The benefits of this style of planning can look rather superficial in the face of high unemployment and persistent poverty. Brindley,Tim & Rydin, Yvonne & Stoker, Gerry Remaking Planning: the politics of urban change in the Thatcher years (1989) Your poverty of ambition is breathtaking. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It's just going to get worse unless we tackle poverty. The Sun (2008) Only when we recognise that a full belly is what counts most can we address real loneliness and real poverty when we find it. Times, Sunday Times (2010) No one is more in tune with the issues of Third World poverty than these stoic women. The Sun (2009) As a people we have always had a sense of solidarity and this obligation has been accepted gladly, but poverty is not something that just happens. Times, Sunday Times (2008) There was no money for health care or public education, he left a country with 40 per cent poverty. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Bad as the austerity cuts may feel here, life over there is truly harsh: poverty means something entirely different. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Our research shows that 80 per cent of poverty reduction comes about because of economic growth and only 20 per cent is the result of income redistribution. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Quotations The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is povertyGeorge Bernard ShawMajor Barbara Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poorJames BaldwinNobody Knows My Name Give me not poverty lest I stealDaniel DefoeReview (later incorporated into Moll Flanders) The want of money is the root of all evilSamuel ButlerErewhon No man should commend poverty unless he is poorSaint Bernard Poverty is not a crime In other languages poverty British English: poverty /ˈpɒvətɪ/ NOUN Poverty is the state of being very poor. ...people living in poverty. American English: poverty Arabic: فَقْر Brazilian Portuguese: pobreza Chinese: 贫穷 Croatian: siromaštvo Czech: chudoba Danish: fattigdom Dutch: armoede European Spanish: pobreza Finnish: köyhyys French: pauvreté German: Armut Greek: φτώχεια Italian: povertà Japanese: 貧困 Korean: 가난 Norwegian: fattigdom Polish: ubóstwo European Portuguese: pobreza Romanian: sărăcie Russian: бедность Latin American Spanish: pobreza Swedish: fattigdom Thai: ความยากจน Turkish: yoksulluk Ukrainian: бідність Vietnamese: sự nghèo đói Translate your text for free All related terms of 'poverty' end poverty Poverty is the state of being extremely poor. child poverty Poverty is the state of being extremely poor . dire poverty Poverty is the state of being extremely poor . fight poverty Poverty is the state of being extremely poor . flee poverty Poverty is the state of being extremely poor . fuel poverty the state of being unable to afford to heat one's home adequately plead poverty Poverty is the state of being extremely poor . poverty level if someone is on the poverty line, they have just enough income to buy the things they need in order to live poverty line If someone is on the poverty line , they have just enough income to buy the things they need in order to live. poverty trap If someone is in a poverty trap , they are very poor but cannot improve their income because the money they get from the government decreases as the money they earn increases. urban poverty Poverty is the state of being extremely poor . abject poverty Poverty is the state of being extremely poor . address poverty Poverty is the state of being extremely poor . chronic poverty Poverty is the state of being extremely poor . combat poverty Poverty is the state of being extremely poor . escape poverty Poverty is the state of being extremely poor . extreme poverty Poverty is the state of being extremely poor . global poverty Poverty is the state of being extremely poor. reduce poverty Poverty is the state of being extremely poor . tackle poverty Poverty is the state of being extremely poor . grinding poverty Poverty is the state of being extremely poor . poverty-stricken Poverty-stricken people or places are extremely poor . relative poverty Poverty is the state of being extremely poor . widespread poverty Poverty is the state of being extremely poor . Chinese translation of 'poverty' poverty (ˈpɔvətɪ) n (u) 贫(貧)穷(窮) (pínqióng) to live in poverty 生活贫(貧)困 (shēnghuó pínkùn) 1 (noun) in the sense of pennilessness Definition the state of lacking adequate food or money Many people in the region still live in absolute poverty. Synonyms pennilessness want He said they were fighting for freedom from want. need the state of need in the developing world distress There was little support to help them in their distress. necessity They were reduced to begging through economic necessity. hardship Many people are suffering economic hardship. insolvency privation (formal) They endured years of privation during the war. penury He was brought up in penury, without education. destitution attempts made to relieve destitution hand-to-mouth existence beggary indigence pauperism necessitousness Opposites comfort , wealth , luxury , richness , affluence , opulence 2 (noun) in the sense of scarcity Definition lack or scarcity a poverty of ideas Synonyms scarcity an ever-increasing scarcity of water lack Despite his lack of experience, he got the job. absence In the absence of a will, the courts decide who the guardian is. want The men were daily becoming weaker for want of rest. deficit They're ready to cut the budget deficit for the next fiscal year. shortage There's no shortage of ideas. deficiency They did tests for signs of vitamin deficiency. inadequacy the inadequacy of the water supply dearth a dearth of resources paucity (formal) the paucity of information insufficiency Anaemia is due to insufficiency of iron. sparsity Opposites abundance , plethora , sufficiency 3 (noun) in the sense of barrenness Definition inferior quality or inadequacy the poverty of the soil Synonyms barrenness deficiency infertility couples receiving infertility treatment sterility aridity bareness poorness meagreness unfruitfulness Opposites fertility , fecundity , fruitfulness , productiveness related words related phobia peniaphobia Quotations The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty [George Bernard Shaw – Major Barbara]Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor [James Baldwin – Nobody Knows My Name]Give me not poverty lest I steal [Daniel Defoe – Review (later incorporated into Moll Flanders)]The want of money is the root of all evil [Samuel Butler – Erewhon]No man should commend poverty unless he is poor [Saint Bernard] proverb Poverty is not a crime Additional synonyms in the sense of absence Definition the fact of being without something In the absence of a will, the courts decide who the guardian is. Synonyms lack, defect, deficiency, default, deprivation, omission, scarcity, want, need, shortage, dearth, privation (formal), unavailability, nonexistence in the sense of aridity Synonyms dryness, sterility, barrenness, waterlessness, moisturelessness, parchedness in the sense of dearth Definition an inadequate amount a dearth of resources Synonyms lack, want, need, absence, poverty, shortage, deficiency, famine, inadequacy, scarcity, paucity (formal), insufficiency, sparsity, scantiness, exiguousness Synonyms of 'poverty' poverty Explore 'poverty' in the dictionary Additional synonyms in the sense of deficiency Definition a lack or shortage They did tests for signs of vitamin deficiency. Synonyms lack, want, deficit, absence, shortage, deprivation, inadequacy, scarcity, dearth, privation (formal), insufficiency, scantiness in the sense of deficit Definition the amount by which a sum is lower than that expected or required They're ready to cut the budget deficit for the next fiscal year. Synonyms shortfall, shortage, deficiency, loss, default, arrears in the sense of destitution attempts made to relieve destitution Synonyms pennilessness, want, distress, dire straits, privation (formal), penury, neediness, beggary, indigence, pauperism, impecuniousness, utter poverty in the sense of distress Definition financial trouble There was little support to help them in their distress. Synonyms need, suffering, trouble, trial, difficulties, poverty, misery, hard times, hardship, straits, misfortune, adversity, calamity, affliction, privation (formal), destitution, ill-fortune, ill-luck, indigence in the sense of hardship Definition something that causes suffering Many people are suffering economic hardship. Synonyms suffering, want, need, trouble, trial, difficulty, burden, misery, torment, oppression, persecution, grievance, misfortune, austerity, adversity, calamity, affliction, discomfort, tribulation, privation (formal), destitution in the sense of inadequacy Definition lack or shortage the inadequacy of the water supply Synonyms shortage, poverty, dearth, paucity (formal), insufficiency, incompleteness, meagreness, skimpiness, scantiness, inadequateness in the sense of infertility couples receiving infertility treatment Synonyms sterility, barrenness, unproductiveness, unfruitfulness, infecundity in the sense of insufficiency Anaemia is due to insufficiency of iron. Synonyms shortage, lack, deficiency, want, poverty, inadequacy, short supply, scarcity, dearth, paucity (formal), scantiness, inadequateness in the sense of lack Definition shortage or absence of something required or desired Despite his lack of experience, he got the job. Synonyms shortage, want, absence, deficiency, need, shortcoming, deprivation, inadequacy, scarcity, dearth, privation (formal), shortness, destitution, insufficiency, scantiness, debt in the sense of necessity Definition great poverty They were reduced to begging through economic necessity. Synonyms poverty, need, privation (formal), penury, destitution, extremity, indigence Additional synonyms in the sense of need Definition poverty or destitution the state of need in the developing world Synonyms poverty, deprivation, destitution, neediness, distress, extremity, privation (formal), penury, indigence, impecuniousness in the sense of paucity Definition scarcity the paucity of information Synonyms scarcity, lack, poverty, shortage, deficiency, rarity, dearth, smallness, insufficiency, slenderness, sparseness, slightness, sparsity, meagreness, paltriness, scantiness in the sense of penury Definition extreme poverty He was brought up in penury, without education. Synonyms poverty, want, need, privation (formal), destitution, straitened circumstances, beggary, indigence, pauperism in the sense of privation Definition loss or lack of the necessities of life They endured years of privation during the war. Synonyms want, poverty, need, suffering, loss, lack, distress, misery, necessity, hardship, penury, destitution, neediness, indigence in the sense of shortage Definition not enough of something needed There's no shortage of ideas. Synonyms deficiency, want, lack, failure, deficit, poverty, shortfall, inadequacy, scarcity, dearth, paucity (formal), insufficiency in the sense of want He said they were fighting for freedom from want. Synonyms poverty, need, hardship, privation (formal), penury, destitution, neediness, hand-to-mouth existence, indigence, pauperism, pennilessness, distress in the sense of want Definition a lack, shortage, or absence The men were daily becoming weaker for want of rest. Synonyms lack, need, absence, shortage, deficiency, famine, default, shortfall, inadequacy, scarcity, dearth, paucity (formal), shortness, insufficiency, non-existence, scantiness
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