poverty

柯林斯詞典

1. N-UNCOUNT Poverty is the state of being extremely poor. 貧窮
According to World Bank figures, 41 percent of Brazilians live in absolute poverty. 根據(jù)世界銀行的統(tǒng)計數(shù)字，41％的巴西人生活在極度貧睏之中。
2. N-SING You can use poverty to refer to any situation in which there is not enough of something or its quality is poor. 貧乏[正式] [also no det, N 'of' n]
...a poverty of ideas. …思想的貧乏。

The problem of poverty is particularly acute in rural areas .
The closure of the factory brought poverty to the town .
When is the government going to tackle the problem of poverty in the inner cities ?
I've never witnessed such extremes of wealth and poverty.
The problems of poverty, homelessness and unemployment are all interconnected .