Definition of poverty in English:

poverty

noun ˈpɒvətiˈpɑvərdi

mass noun

1The state of being extremely poor.
贫穷，贫困
thousands of families are living in abject poverty
成千上万的家庭生活在赤贫中。
Example sentencesExamples
- He also said it was the responsibility of governments and world leaders to stop global poverty.
- It is hard to imagine the horrors of war, crippling poverty or injustice where we live.
- You can prosecute a few people but as long as there is poverty, corruption will continue to exist.
- Cultural programs have suffered as a result of poverty and political upheaval.
- If we want to do something about child poverty, we should be spending more on social programs.
- The results suggest that providing day care may be insufficient as a strategy to reduce poverty.
- And I fully accept that we really do need to tackle the question of global poverty.
- The new kind of poverty was in the process of acquiring a revolutionary quality.
- This is a film, set in contemporary Italy, where the poverty and way of life gives it a timeless quality.
- People looked to religion for some hope in the face of poverty and oppression brought by colonialism.
- This is the only humane approach to those fleeing violence, poverty and oppression.
- Many men and women came to these cities from rural poverty, hoping to find a decent living.
- Looking at this village now, it is hard to imagine the poverty that existed here 100 years ago.
- That is because poverty degrades individuals and robs them of dignity and worth.
- This film captures the claustrophobic feeling of people struggling against violence and poverty.
- He did not come to save his people from aimlessness, poverty or political adversity.
- It was dirty, full of poverty, and the politics were full of corruption.
- A lot of talented students are unable to complete their studies because of poverty.
- A life of poverty, tradition and religious dread suffuses songs steeped in misery and learnt by word of mouth.
- Mobility and migration across borders are often prompted by poverty and violence.
Synonyms
penury, destitution, indigence, pennilessness, privation, deprivation, impoverishment, neediness, need, want, hardship, impecuniousness, impecuniosity, hand-to-mouth existence, beggary, pauperism, straitened circumstances, bankruptcy, insolvency
Economics primary poverty
rare pauperdom
1. 1.1 The renunciation of the right to individual ownership of property as part of a religious vow.
  个人财产权的放弃（作为宗教誓约的一部分）
2The state of being inferior in quality or insufficient in amount.
（质量）低劣；（数量）贫乏，不足
the poverty of her imagination
她想像力的贫乏。
Example sentencesExamples
- The appointment is not a disaster, though it shows a poverty of imagination.
- It shows a complete poverty of imagination and a vast amount of callousness.
- It captures the simmering rage and imaginative poverty that was part of the Thatcherite psyche.
- She is up against poverty of imagination, prudishness, bigotry and ladies locked into pain.
Synonyms
scarcity, deficiency, dearth, shortage, paucity, insufficiency, inadequacy, absence, lack, want, deficit, meagreness, limitedness, restrictedness, sparseness, sparsity
rare exiguity
inferiority, mediocrity, poorness, barrenness, aridity, sterility

Origin

Middle English: from Old French poverte, from Latin paupertas, from pauper 'poor'.

poor from Middle English:
The Latin word for ‘poor’ pauper, is the base of pauper (early 16th century), poverty (Middle English), and poor. The phrase poor as a church mouse, or ‘extremely poor’, comes from the notion that a church mouse must be particularly deprived as it does not have the opportunity to find pickings from a kitchen or larder, and there are few crumbs to be found in a well-swept church. You sometimes hear a wealthy young person whose money appears to bring them no happiness described as poor little rich girl (or boy). Though he did not coin the phrase, Noël Coward certainly popularized it with his 1925 song ‘Poor Little Rich Girl’.

Definition of poverty in US English:

poverty

nounˈpɑvərdiˈpävərdē

1The state of being extremely poor.
贫穷，贫困
thousands of families are living in abject poverty
成千上万的家庭生活在赤贫中。
Example sentencesExamples
- Cultural programs have suffered as a result of poverty and political upheaval.
- This is the only humane approach to those fleeing violence, poverty and oppression.
- That is because poverty degrades individuals and robs them of dignity and worth.
- And I fully accept that we really do need to tackle the question of global poverty.
- He also said it was the responsibility of governments and world leaders to stop global poverty.
- This is a film, set in contemporary Italy, where the poverty and way of life gives it a timeless quality.
- A life of poverty, tradition and religious dread suffuses songs steeped in misery and learnt by word of mouth.
- If we want to do something about child poverty, we should be spending more on social programs.
- It was dirty, full of poverty, and the politics were full of corruption.
- Many men and women came to these cities from rural poverty, hoping to find a decent living.
- A lot of talented students are unable to complete their studies because of poverty.
- People looked to religion for some hope in the face of poverty and oppression brought by colonialism.
- Mobility and migration across borders are often prompted by poverty and violence.
- The new kind of poverty was in the process of acquiring a revolutionary quality.
- You can prosecute a few people but as long as there is poverty, corruption will continue to exist.
- The results suggest that providing day care may be insufficient as a strategy to reduce poverty.
- He did not come to save his people from aimlessness, poverty or political adversity.
- It is hard to imagine the horrors of war, crippling poverty or injustice where we live.
- Looking at this village now, it is hard to imagine the poverty that existed here 100 years ago.
- This film captures the claustrophobic feeling of people struggling against violence and poverty.
Synonyms
penury, destitution, indigence, pennilessness, privation, deprivation, impoverishment, neediness, need, want, hardship, impecuniousness, impecuniosity, hand-to-mouth existence, beggary, pauperism, straitened circumstances, bankruptcy, insolvency
1. 1.1 The state of being inferior in quality or insufficient in amount.
  （质量）低劣；（数量）贫乏，不足
  the poverty of her imagination
  她想像力的贫乏。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It captures the simmering rage and imaginative poverty that was part of the Thatcherite psyche.
  It shows a complete poverty of imagination and a vast amount of callousness.
  She is up against poverty of imagination, prudishness, bigotry and ladies locked into pain.
  The appointment is not a disaster, though it shows a poverty of imagination.
  Synonyms
  scarcity, deficiency, dearth, shortage, paucity, insufficiency, inadequacy, absence, lack, want, deficit, meagreness, limitedness, restrictedness, sparseness, sparsity
  inferiority, mediocrity, poorness, barrenness, aridity, sterility
2. 1.2 The renunciation of the right to individual ownership of property as part of a religious vow.
  个人财产权的放弃（作为宗教誓约的一部分）

Origin

Middle English: from Old French poverte, from Latin paupertas, from pauper ‘poor’.

单词	poverty
释义	Definition of poverty in English: poverty noun ˈpɒvətiˈpɑvərdi mass noun 1The state of being extremely poor. 贫穷，贫困 thousands of families are living in abject poverty 成千上万的家庭生活在赤贫中。 Example sentencesExamples He also said it was the responsibility of governments and world leaders to stop global poverty. It is hard to imagine the horrors of war, crippling poverty or injustice where we live. You can prosecute a few people but as long as there is poverty, corruption will continue to exist. Cultural programs have suffered as a result of poverty and political upheaval. If we want to do something about child poverty, we should be spending more on social programs. The results suggest that providing day care may be insufficient as a strategy to reduce poverty. And I fully accept that we really do need to tackle the question of global poverty. The new kind of poverty was in the process of acquiring a revolutionary quality. This is a film, set in contemporary Italy, where the poverty and way of life gives it a timeless quality. People looked to religion for some hope in the face of poverty and oppression brought by colonialism. This is the only humane approach to those fleeing violence, poverty and oppression. Many men and women came to these cities from rural poverty, hoping to find a decent living. Looking at this village now, it is hard to imagine the poverty that existed here 100 years ago. That is because poverty degrades individuals and robs them of dignity and worth. This film captures the claustrophobic feeling of people struggling against violence and poverty. He did not come to save his people from aimlessness, poverty or political adversity. It was dirty, full of poverty, and the politics were full of corruption. A lot of talented students are unable to complete their studies because of poverty. A life of poverty, tradition and religious dread suffuses songs steeped in misery and learnt by word of mouth. Mobility and migration across borders are often prompted by poverty and violence. Synonyms penury, destitution, indigence, pennilessness, privation, deprivation, impoverishment, neediness, need, want, hardship, impecuniousness, impecuniosity, hand-to-mouth existence, beggary, pauperism, straitened circumstances, bankruptcy, insolvency Economics primary poverty rare pauperdom 1.1 The renunciation of the right to individual ownership of property as part of a religious vow. 个人财产权的放弃（作为宗教誓约的一部分） 2The state of being inferior in quality or insufficient in amount. （质量）低劣；（数量）贫乏，不足 the poverty of her imagination 她想像力的贫乏。 Example sentencesExamples The appointment is not a disaster, though it shows a poverty of imagination. It shows a complete poverty of imagination and a vast amount of callousness. It captures the simmering rage and imaginative poverty that was part of the Thatcherite psyche. She is up against poverty of imagination, prudishness, bigotry and ladies locked into pain. Synonyms scarcity, deficiency, dearth, shortage, paucity, insufficiency, inadequacy, absence, lack, want, deficit, meagreness, limitedness, restrictedness, sparseness, sparsity rare exiguity inferiority, mediocrity, poorness, barrenness, aridity, sterility Origin Middle English: from Old French poverte, from Latin paupertas, from pauper 'poor'. poor from Middle English: The Latin word for ‘poor’ pauper, is the base of pauper (early 16th century), poverty (Middle English), and poor. The phrase poor as a church mouse, or ‘extremely poor’, comes from the notion that a church mouse must be particularly deprived as it does not have the opportunity to find pickings from a kitchen or larder, and there are few crumbs to be found in a well-swept church. You sometimes hear a wealthy young person whose money appears to bring them no happiness described as poor little rich girl (or boy). Though he did not coin the phrase, Noël Coward certainly popularized it with his 1925 song ‘Poor Little Rich Girl’. Definition of poverty in US English: poverty nounˈpɑvərdiˈpävərdē 1The state of being extremely poor. 贫穷，贫困 thousands of families are living in abject poverty 成千上万的家庭生活在赤贫中。 Example sentencesExamples Cultural programs have suffered as a result of poverty and political upheaval. This is the only humane approach to those fleeing violence, poverty and oppression. That is because poverty degrades individuals and robs them of dignity and worth. And I fully accept that we really do need to tackle the question of global poverty. He also said it was the responsibility of governments and world leaders to stop global poverty. This is a film, set in contemporary Italy, where the poverty and way of life gives it a timeless quality. A life of poverty, tradition and religious dread suffuses songs steeped in misery and learnt by word of mouth. If we want to do something about child poverty, we should be spending more on social programs. It was dirty, full of poverty, and the politics were full of corruption. Many men and women came to these cities from rural poverty, hoping to find a decent living. A lot of talented students are unable to complete their studies because of poverty. People looked to religion for some hope in the face of poverty and oppression brought by colonialism. Mobility and migration across borders are often prompted by poverty and violence. The new kind of poverty was in the process of acquiring a revolutionary quality. You can prosecute a few people but as long as there is poverty, corruption will continue to exist. The results suggest that providing day care may be insufficient as a strategy to reduce poverty. He did not come to save his people from aimlessness, poverty or political adversity. It is hard to imagine the horrors of war, crippling poverty or injustice where we live. Looking at this village now, it is hard to imagine the poverty that existed here 100 years ago. This film captures the claustrophobic feeling of people struggling against violence and poverty. Synonyms penury, destitution, indigence, pennilessness, privation, deprivation, impoverishment, neediness, need, want, hardship, impecuniousness, impecuniosity, hand-to-mouth existence, beggary, pauperism, straitened circumstances, bankruptcy, insolvency 1.1 The state of being inferior in quality or insufficient in amount. （质量）低劣；（数量）贫乏，不足 the poverty of her imagination 她想像力的贫乏。 Example sentencesExamples It captures the simmering rage and imaginative poverty that was part of the Thatcherite psyche. It shows a complete poverty of imagination and a vast amount of callousness. She is up against poverty of imagination, prudishness, bigotry and ladies locked into pain. The appointment is not a disaster, though it shows a poverty of imagination. Synonyms scarcity, deficiency, dearth, shortage, paucity, insufficiency, inadequacy, absence, lack, want, deficit, meagreness, limitedness, restrictedness, sparseness, sparsity inferiority, mediocrity, poorness, barrenness, aridity, sterility 1.2 The renunciation of the right to individual ownership of property as part of a religious vow. 个人财产权的放弃（作为宗教誓约的一部分） Origin Middle English: from Old French poverte, from Latin paupertas, from pauper ‘poor’.
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