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The poverty figures were undoubtedly an embarrassment to the president.贫困数字毫无疑问令总统难堪。Many old people have to live in poverty because of the steady rise in the cost of living.由于生活费用持续上涨，许多老年人不得不过着贫困的生活。They were living in abysmal ignorance/poverty.他们生活在极度的无知/贫困中。Our legislators have closed their eyes to the poverty that surrounds them.我们的立法者对他们周围的贫穷现象熟视无睹。The place bore all the earmarks of poverty.这个地方显现出一片贫困的征象。He asked us to imagine a world without poverty or war.他要我们设想一个没有贫穷和战争的世界。Crime is often an outgrowth of poverty.犯罪常常是贫穷的必然结果。She devoted her life to fighting poverty/injustice.她将自己的生命投入到消除贫困／不公的事业之中。We are engaged in a never-ending struggle against poverty.我们在从事一场无休止的消除贫困的斗争。They live in dire poverty.他们的生活极为贫困。These figures obscure the fact that a lot of older people live in poverty.这些数字掩盖了许多老年人生活贫困这一事实。His photographs show vividly the lives of poverty-stricken families in the Gorbals area of Glasgow.他的照片生动地表现了格拉斯哥的戈贝尔地区贫困家庭的生活。Old people should not have to live in poverty.老年人不应生活贫困。The most common way of measuring poverty today is to use an income-based poverty line and ascertain the numbers below it.如今衡量贫困最常用的方法是划定一条基于收入的贫困线，并确定有多少人收入在此之下。I was certain I was on the brink of poverty, going to the poorhouse.我确信自己已处在贫困的边缘，马上就要进济贫院了。Relative poverty, however, did not prevent Martin from equipping himself with an excellent education.然而，较为贫困的状况并没有阻止马丁让自己接受一流的教育。They lost all their money and sank into desperate poverty.他们赔光了所有的钱，变得一无所有。The problems of poverty and unemployment are all interconnected.贫穷与失业问题是互相联系的。They had, in their terms, been reduced to poverty.用他们的话来说，他们已经穷困潦倒了。They have been directed to give special attention to the problem of poverty.他们得到指示要特别关注贫困问题。He suffered from poverty all his life.他一生受贫穷之苦。Social Security has reduced poverty, and last, but by no means least, it has been a good deal for participants.社会保障制度减少了贫困，最后同样重要的一点是，对于参加者来说它是合算的。They live in abject poverty.他们过着赤贫的生活。This was the first time I had seen such poverty at close quarters.这是我第一次非常近距离地感受这种贫困。They had known great poverty during the war.战争期间他们经历了极度贫穷。The photographs confront the viewer with images of desperate poverty.这些照片向观众展现了一幅幅赤贫的画面。The people were shackled by poverty.人们被贫困束缚着。Britain has suffered from a poverty of ambition.英国一直缺乏远大理想。The country still contains extremes of wealth and poverty.该国依然贫富悬殊。In an ideal world there would be no poverty.在理想化的世界里将不会有贫困。The programs have been highly successful at reducing poverty rates among the elderly.这些计划非常奏效，大大降低了老年人的贫困率。Some redistribution of income is necessary if families are to be kept above the poverty line.如果要使各家庭都生活在贫困线以上，那就需要进行收入的再分配。Immigrants to the country were struggling to survive and rise above the poverty that surrounded them.移民在这个国家里奋力求存，竭力要摆脱困扰他们的贫穷问题。He overcame the obstacles of poverty and neglect.他克服了贫困和被忽视带来的阻碍。He sorrowed to realise that he would live in poverty.他意识到自己将生活在贫穷之中，感到痛心。His life was plagued by poverty and illness.他一生受贫困与疾病的折磨。His family lives below the poverty line.他的一家生活极端艰苦。He stole, lied, deceived and pimped his way out of poverty.他通过偷窃、撒谎、欺诈和告密使自己摆脱了贫困。It is poverty which drives these people to hew their saplings.因为贫穷，这些人被迫砍倒了他们自己的小树苗。He was consigned by fate to a life of poverty.命运使他的生活陷于贫困。 |