Definition of poverty-stricken in English:

poverty-stricken

adjective ˈpɒvətɪˌstrɪk(ə)nˈpɑvərdi ˌstrɪkən

Extremely poor.
贫困不堪的；极度贫穷的；赤贫的
a poverty-stricken nation
Example sentencesExamples
- The woman's later life is described as lonely and poverty-stricken.
- His mission was to capture the poverty-stricken lives of rural sharecroppers.
- So much for all those well-intentioned statements in recent weeks about aid to poverty-stricken developing countries.
- I saw people who are poverty-stricken but extremely rich within.
- This situation keeps poor farmers in developing countries poverty-stricken.
- It is a simple but engrossing thriller set around an under-resourced hospital in a poverty-stricken township.
- You can buy and donate resources to poverty-stricken areas, or help with other humanitarian efforts and causes.
- He describes his experiences in the poverty-stricken country.
- Isolated and poverty-stricken, few have jobs, and the community is plagued by alcohol abuse.
- Corruption, for example, is widespread in poverty-stricken countries.
- The house also has aged - it looks small and poverty-stricken despite its attempts at ennoblement, and has not been maintained.
- He provides a heart-rending account of the daily torment of sheer survival in this most poverty-stricken country in Asia.
- He claims that his purloined oil is sent to a crude refinery deep in the mangrove swamps of the Niger Delta and then sold off at a discount to poverty-stricken local people.
- There is immoral, unethical and illegal prosperity on the one side and poverty-stricken people who are moral and ethical on the other.
- When he received the chance, he left the poverty-stricken nation and headed to Italy.
- Among the poverty-stricken urban dwellers children often work as mechanics' assistants, tea sellers, or maidservants.
- Even in their poverty-stricken condition, they could not forget that their father had once been a land-owner.
- Others are the lost and lonely, the homeless and poverty-stricken.
- The academy subsidised poverty-stricken exiles and gave a voice to a huge community of intellectuals scattered across the globe.
- It is a poor, isolated place, full of poverty-stricken villagers and their malnourished children.
Synonyms
extremely poor, impoverished, destitute, penniless, on one's beam-ends, as poor as a church mouse, without a sou, dirt poor, in penury, penurious, impecunious, indigent, needy, needful, in need/want, unable to make ends meet, down and out, necessitous, beggarly, moneyless, bankrupt, in straitened circumstances
British on the breadline, without a penny (to one's name)
informal broke, flat broke, cleaned out, strapped for cash, strapped, on one's uppers
British informal stony broke, skint, without two pennies/farthings to rub together, in Queer Street
North American informal stone broke
rare pauperized, beggared

Definition of poverty-stricken in US English:

poverty-stricken

adjectiveˈpɑvərdi ˌstrɪkənˈpävərdē ˌstrikən

Extremely poor.
贫困不堪的；极度贫穷的；赤贫的
thousands of poverty-stricken people
成千上万一贫如洗的人。
Example sentencesExamples
- Corruption, for example, is widespread in poverty-stricken countries.
- So much for all those well-intentioned statements in recent weeks about aid to poverty-stricken developing countries.
- Isolated and poverty-stricken, few have jobs, and the community is plagued by alcohol abuse.
- The house also has aged - it looks small and poverty-stricken despite its attempts at ennoblement, and has not been maintained.
- There is immoral, unethical and illegal prosperity on the one side and poverty-stricken people who are moral and ethical on the other.
- This situation keeps poor farmers in developing countries poverty-stricken.
- The academy subsidised poverty-stricken exiles and gave a voice to a huge community of intellectuals scattered across the globe.
- Even in their poverty-stricken condition, they could not forget that their father had once been a land-owner.
- He describes his experiences in the poverty-stricken country.
- You can buy and donate resources to poverty-stricken areas, or help with other humanitarian efforts and causes.
- His mission was to capture the poverty-stricken lives of rural sharecroppers.
- He claims that his purloined oil is sent to a crude refinery deep in the mangrove swamps of the Niger Delta and then sold off at a discount to poverty-stricken local people.
- Others are the lost and lonely, the homeless and poverty-stricken.
- It is a poor, isolated place, full of poverty-stricken villagers and their malnourished children.
- Among the poverty-stricken urban dwellers children often work as mechanics' assistants, tea sellers, or maidservants.
- The woman's later life is described as lonely and poverty-stricken.
- He provides a heart-rending account of the daily torment of sheer survival in this most poverty-stricken country in Asia.
- I saw people who are poverty-stricken but extremely rich within.
- It is a simple but engrossing thriller set around an under-resourced hospital in a poverty-stricken township.
- When he received the chance, he left the poverty-stricken nation and headed to Italy.
Synonyms
extremely poor, impoverished, destitute, penniless, on one's beam-ends, as poor as a church mouse, without a sou, dirt poor, in penury, penurious, impecunious, indigent, needy, needful, in need, in want, unable to make ends meet, down and out, necessitous, beggarly, moneyless, bankrupt, in straitened circumstances

单词	poverty-stricken
释义	Definition of poverty-stricken in English: poverty-stricken adjective ˈpɒvətɪˌstrɪk(ə)nˈpɑvərdi ˌstrɪkən Extremely poor. 贫困不堪的；极度贫穷的；赤贫的 a poverty-stricken nation Example sentencesExamples The woman's later life is described as lonely and poverty-stricken. His mission was to capture the poverty-stricken lives of rural sharecroppers. So much for all those well-intentioned statements in recent weeks about aid to poverty-stricken developing countries. I saw people who are poverty-stricken but extremely rich within. This situation keeps poor farmers in developing countries poverty-stricken. It is a simple but engrossing thriller set around an under-resourced hospital in a poverty-stricken township. You can buy and donate resources to poverty-stricken areas, or help with other humanitarian efforts and causes. He describes his experiences in the poverty-stricken country. Isolated and poverty-stricken, few have jobs, and the community is plagued by alcohol abuse. Corruption, for example, is widespread in poverty-stricken countries. The house also has aged - it looks small and poverty-stricken despite its attempts at ennoblement, and has not been maintained. He provides a heart-rending account of the daily torment of sheer survival in this most poverty-stricken country in Asia. He claims that his purloined oil is sent to a crude refinery deep in the mangrove swamps of the Niger Delta and then sold off at a discount to poverty-stricken local people. There is immoral, unethical and illegal prosperity on the one side and poverty-stricken people who are moral and ethical on the other. When he received the chance, he left the poverty-stricken nation and headed to Italy. Among the poverty-stricken urban dwellers children often work as mechanics' assistants, tea sellers, or maidservants. Even in their poverty-stricken condition, they could not forget that their father had once been a land-owner. Others are the lost and lonely, the homeless and poverty-stricken. The academy subsidised poverty-stricken exiles and gave a voice to a huge community of intellectuals scattered across the globe. It is a poor, isolated place, full of poverty-stricken villagers and their malnourished children. Synonyms extremely poor, impoverished, destitute, penniless, on one's beam-ends, as poor as a church mouse, without a sou, dirt poor, in penury, penurious, impecunious, indigent, needy, needful, in need/want, unable to make ends meet, down and out, necessitous, beggarly, moneyless, bankrupt, in straitened circumstances British on the breadline, without a penny (to one's name) informal broke, flat broke, cleaned out, strapped for cash, strapped, on one's uppers British informal stony broke, skint, without two pennies/farthings to rub together, in Queer Street North American informal stone broke rare pauperized, beggared Definition of poverty-stricken in US English: poverty-stricken adjectiveˈpɑvərdi ˌstrɪkənˈpävərdē ˌstrikən Extremely poor. 贫困不堪的；极度贫穷的；赤贫的 thousands of poverty-stricken people 成千上万一贫如洗的人。 Example sentencesExamples Corruption, for example, is widespread in poverty-stricken countries. So much for all those well-intentioned statements in recent weeks about aid to poverty-stricken developing countries. Isolated and poverty-stricken, few have jobs, and the community is plagued by alcohol abuse. The house also has aged - it looks small and poverty-stricken despite its attempts at ennoblement, and has not been maintained. There is immoral, unethical and illegal prosperity on the one side and poverty-stricken people who are moral and ethical on the other. This situation keeps poor farmers in developing countries poverty-stricken. The academy subsidised poverty-stricken exiles and gave a voice to a huge community of intellectuals scattered across the globe. Even in their poverty-stricken condition, they could not forget that their father had once been a land-owner. He describes his experiences in the poverty-stricken country. You can buy and donate resources to poverty-stricken areas, or help with other humanitarian efforts and causes. His mission was to capture the poverty-stricken lives of rural sharecroppers. He claims that his purloined oil is sent to a crude refinery deep in the mangrove swamps of the Niger Delta and then sold off at a discount to poverty-stricken local people. Others are the lost and lonely, the homeless and poverty-stricken. It is a poor, isolated place, full of poverty-stricken villagers and their malnourished children. Among the poverty-stricken urban dwellers children often work as mechanics' assistants, tea sellers, or maidservants. The woman's later life is described as lonely and poverty-stricken. He provides a heart-rending account of the daily torment of sheer survival in this most poverty-stricken country in Asia. I saw people who are poverty-stricken but extremely rich within. It is a simple but engrossing thriller set around an under-resourced hospital in a poverty-stricken township. When he received the chance, he left the poverty-stricken nation and headed to Italy. Synonyms extremely poor, impoverished, destitute, penniless, on one's beam-ends, as poor as a church mouse, without a sou, dirt poor, in penury, penurious, impecunious, indigent, needy, needful, in need, in want, unable to make ends meet, down and out, necessitous, beggarly, moneyless, bankrupt, in straitened circumstances
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