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povertypoverty[ˈpɔvəti]n.1.■贫穷[困]2.■缺少[乏], 贫乏, 不足(of, in); (土地的)贫瘠不毛3.■虚弱; 低劣
继承用法poverty-strikenadj.1.■极度贫穷[乏]的
习惯用语abject poverty1.■赤贫, 一贫如洗(as) witness sb.'s poverty1.■某人的贫困足以作证live in genteel poverty1.■家贫而要面子摆阔P-is no sin.1.■[谚]贫非罪。P-is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is.1.■[谚]贫不足耻, 耻贫乃耻。P-makes strange bedfellows.1.■[谚]难中不择友; 同病相怜。 |