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poverty['pɔvəti]n.1.■贫困,贫穷2.■贫乏;缺少,不足;贫瘠;少量3.■(营养不良等造成的)虚弱,瘦弱,低劣近义词indigencepenury反义词wealthaffluenceabject poverty一贫如洗,赤贫(as) witness someone's poverty某人的贫困足以证明live in genteel poverty穷而摆阔,过着无力支撑的阔气生活Poverty is no sin.[谚语]贫非罪。Poverty is not a shame, but being ashamed of it is.[谚语]贫非耻,耻贫乃耻。Poverty makes (或acquaints men with) strange bedfellows.[谚语]同病相怜;难中不择友。 |