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

poverty trap

noun British

A situation in which an increase in someone’s income is offset by a consequent loss of state benefits, leaving them no better off.At the same time, however, the city has a solid, and seemingly intractable core of families caught in the poverty trap, living on benefits, untrained and unequipped for the job market....

When my husband died I fell for the benefits line, not realising it would put me in the poverty trap for the rest of my life because I can't work and be better off.
Many are in a poverty trap, and they fill an increasing number of minimum-wage positions.

单词	poverty trap
释义	poverty trap noun British A situation in which an increase in someone’s income is offset by a consequent loss of state benefits, leaving them no better off.At the same time, however, the city has a solid, and seemingly intractable core of families caught in the poverty trap, living on benefits, untrained and unequipped for the job market.... When my husband died I fell for the benefits line, not realising it would put me in the poverty trap for the rest of my life because I can't work and be better off. Many are in a poverty trap, and they fill an increasing number of minimum-wage positions.
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