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单词 poverty-stricken
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poverty-stricken

adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Poverty-stricken people or places are extremely poor.
...a teacher of poverty-stricken kids.
The Pope is visiting some of the most poverty-stricken areas of the city.
Synonyms: penniless, broke [informal], bankrupt, impoverished More Synonyms of poverty-stricken

poverty-stricken in British English

adjective
suffering from extreme poverty

poverty-stricken in American English

(ˈpɑvərtiˌstrɪkən)
adjective
1. 
stricken with poverty; very poor
2. 
characteristic of, or giving the appearance of, poverty

Examples of 'poverty-stricken' in a sentence
poverty-stricken

But when the spotlight faded from the poverty-stricken country, help dried up.
The Sun (2015)
The debt of a poverty-stricken family trying to get enough to eat is not the same as a company reaching beyond its means to take on debt.
Christianity Today (2000)
A battle over land ownership of the south's land is another fight this poverty-stricken country can scarcely afford.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
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