单词 | poverty |
释义 | poverty['pɒvəti]n. 贫穷, 贫困, 缺乏【医】 贫乏, 缺乏 poverty pov.er.ty AHD: [p¼v“…r-t¶] D.J. [6pKv*ti8]K.K. [6p$v*ti]n.(名词)1. The state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts.贫穷:穷的状况;缺乏获取物质生活必需品及需求的手段2. Deficiency in amount; scantiness:不足:数量的缺乏;匮乏:“the poverty of feeling that reduced her soul”(&b{Scott Turow})“精神的贫乏使她的灵魂变得空虚”(斯科特·图罗)3. Unproductiveness; infertility:贫瘠;不孕:the poverty of the soil.土壤的贫瘠4. Renunciation made by a member of a religious order of the right to own property.(财产的)放弃:作为宗教会社成员,放弃拥有财产之权语源:1. Middle English poverte 中古英语 poverte 2. from Old French 源自 古法语 3. from Latin paupert³s 源自 拉丁语 paupert³s 4. from pauper [poor] * see pau- 源自 pauper [贫穷的] *参见 pau- |
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