汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 貧窮
貧窮 (贫穷)
poor / impoverished
〈形〉生产资料和生活资料缺乏:消除~|~的山村变得富裕起来。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

你知不知道贫穷意味着什么?

Do you have any idea what it means to be poor?

贫穷和愚昧阻碍进步。

Poverty and ignorance are the enemies of progress.

贫穷是游手好闲的报应。

Poverty is the reward of idleness.

怠惰是贫穷的制造厂。

Idleness is a factory of poverty.

疾病与贫穷常常相伴而生。

Disease and poverty often go together.

它是世界上的贫穷国家之一。

It's among the poorer countries of the world.

实兑也有很多贫穷的佛教徒。

There are many poor Buddhists in Sittwe too.

总体而言,人才外流实际上有助于贫穷国家。

Overall, the brain drain actually helps poor countries.

礼义生于富足,盗窃起于贫穷

Etiquette was born rich, theft from poverty.

不过贫穷国家处理问题的缓急轻重与发达国家不同。在贫穷国家,问题更加严重,而可利用的资源更少。

But they are of a different order to those faced by poor-country cities, whose problems are vastly greater and resources vastly smaller.