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单词 poverty line
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poverty /povˈər-ti/

noun
  1. The state of being poor
  2. Need, want of necessities
  3. A lack or deficiency
  4. Meagreness or inadequacy
  5. A band of pipers (obsolete)
ORIGIN: OFr poverte (Fr pauvreté), from L paupertās, -ātis, from pauper poor

poverty line noun

The dividing line between incomes that are sufficient, and incomes that are insufficient, to purchase life's necessities

povˈerty-stricken adjective

Suffering from poverty

poverty trap noun

A state of poverty from which there is no escape, any increase in income resulting in a diminution or withdrawal of low-income government benefits

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