poverty
US
UK poverty n: (poor)
SC 贫穷 pín qióng
TC 貧窮
TC 貧窮
SC 贫困 pín qióng，pín kùn
TC 貧困
TC 貧困
He has a tiny income and lives in great poverty.
他的收入很少，生活在极度穷困中。
poverty n: figurative (scarcity, paucity)
SC 匮乏，枯竭 kuì fá，kū jié
The designer, suffering from a poverty of ideas, began to copy the work of others.
那名设计师因为灵感枯竭，所以开始剽窃别人的作品。
live in poverty v expr: (be very poor)
SC 生活贫困 shēng huó pín kùn
TC 生活貧困
TC 生活貧困
Half the world lives in poverty while the other half throws away good food.
poverty line, poverty level n: (income level)
SC 贫困线
poverty-stricken adj: (extremely poor)
SC 为贫穷所困扰的
SC 非常贫穷的
SC 非常贫困的
This organization strives to help as many of the poverty-stricken families in this city as possible.