| 单词 | poverty |
| 释义 | pov·er·ty 1. a. < transition from a life of almost the greatest pomp and circumstance … to one just, but only just, above the line of genteel poverty — Geoffrey Gorer > < in poverty, morality and even a touch of happiness was possible, never in destitution — R.A.Schermerhorn > < had roamed the picturesque poor quarters … but this ugly, barren poverty on the Spanish land was his first view of some men's helpless fate — Janet Flanner > b. 2. a. < biographer … is necessarily embarrassed by the poverty of personal information preserved — John Loftis > < the cold thin atmosphere of his work was due … to a poverty of ideas and sensuous imagery — V.L.Parrington > b. < cannot hide poverty of form under an opulent mask of orchestral color — Hunter Mead > c. < the … poverty of North and Northeastern Africa in river-producing power — Samuel Haughton > < suffered … from a certain poverty in our English critical vocabulary — Irving Babbitt > < slums cause spiritual poverty in many lives — J.T.Fanell > 3. a. < produce insufficient fodder … and one or two ranches suffered quite heavy losses from poverty — Report: Northern Rhodesia Veterinary Dept. > b. < poverty of the soil > |
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