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| 1 | U a situation in which someone does not have enough money to pay for their basic needs 贫困；贫穷 |
| There are many areas where the problems of poverty and unemployment still persist. 在很多地方，贫困和失业的问题依然存在。 |
| in poverty Half the world’ s population is living in poverty. 世界人口有一半生活在贫困之中。 |
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| 2 | singular +of formal a lack of something , especially ideas or feelings （尤指思想或情感的）缺乏，匮乏 |
| The proposals display a worrying poverty of ideas. 这些建议显示出令人堪忧的思想匮乏。 |
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