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| 1 | having little money and few possessions 贫穷的；穷困的 |
| a poor family/area/country 贫穷的家庭/地区/国家 |
| We were very poor and could barely afford the necessities of life. 我们非常穷，几乎买不起生活必需品。 |
| | 1a | people who have little money and few possessions 穷人 | | the gap between the rich and the poor 贫富差距 | |
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| 2 | of low quality 劣质的；低劣的；差的 |
| The rebels’ defences were poor and they were quickly overcome. 叛乱者的防御很差，很快就被打败了。 |
| poor light/soil 微弱的灯光/贫瘠的土壤 |
| poor health/eyesight/hearing 健康状况/视力/听力差 |
| | 2a | used for saying that something is not as good as it should be 恶劣的；没达到应有水平的 | | poor working/housing/sanitary conditions 恶劣的工作/居住/卫生条件 | |
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| 3 | formal not skilful 能力差的；不熟练的 |
| I was always put with the poorest students in the class. 我总是被归入班上最差的学生之列。 |
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| 4 | not having enough of something important 匮乏的；缺乏的 |
| a country poor in natural resources 自然资源匮乏的国家 |
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| 5 | mainly spoken used for showing that you feel sorry for someone 可怜的 |
| poor (little) boy/child/girl/kid/mite/soul etc The poor child had lost both his parents. 那个可怜的小孩失去了双亲。 |
| poor old Poor old Anthony was left to look after the baby. 可怜的老安东尼被留下来照看婴儿。 |
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| - | a poor loser
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| someone who gets angry when they lose |
| 输不起的人；一输便发怒的人 |
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| - | a poor man’ s
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| 1 | used about something that is a cheaper type of a similar but more impressive thing （与名贵物品相似但却）价格低廉的 | This car is advertised as the poor man’ s Rolls Royce. 这种车被广告宣传成穷人的劳斯莱斯。 | |
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| 2 | used about someone who is less successful , popular etc when compared with another person 较差的；较不受欢迎的 | He’ s a kind of poor man’ s James Bond. 与詹姆斯·邦德相比，他要逊色得多。 | |
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| - | a poor second
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| a long way behind the winner in a race , competition etc |
| （赛跑、比赛等中）落后较多的第二名 |
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| - | poor relation
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| a person , organization , or country that is considered to be less successful or important than another |
| （与其他的相比较）不受重视的人（或组织、国家） |
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| The blood donor service complains that it has always been treated as a poor relation within the Health Service. 献血者服务处抱怨说它一直都被当作是卫生部中一个不受重视的部门。 |
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