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单词 poverty
释义 pov·er·ty
\ˈpävə(r)d.]ē, -)t], ]i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English poverte, from Old French poverté, from Latin paupertat-, paupertas, from pauper poor + -tat-, -tas -ty — more at poor
1.
 a. : lack or relative lack of money or material possessions : privation, want
  < 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. : renunciation as a member of a religious order of the right as an individual to own, to receive by inheritance or gift, or to dispose of property
2.
 a. : meagerness of supply : scarcity, dearth
  < 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. : poorness in kind or quality : inferiority
  < cannot hide poverty of form under an opulent mask of orchestral color — Hunter Mead >
 c. : lack of desirable elements or attributes : deficiency
  < 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. : debility due to malnutrition : feebleness, emaciation
  < produce insufficient fodder … and one or two ranches suffered quite heavy losses from povertyReport: Northern Rhodesia Veterinary Dept. >
 b. : lack of fertility
  < poverty of the soil >
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