poverty
Some students quit school due to poverty.
一些学生因贫困而辍学。
John said he had been impelled to crime by poverty.
约翰说他为贫困所迫而犯罪。
Some people believe poverty engenders crime.
有人认为贫困生罪恶。
Crime is sometimes engendered by poverty.
犯罪有时是由贫困引起的。
Idleness and luxury bring forth poverty and want.
懒惰和奢侈导致穷困和贪欲。
The old man's ragged coat showed his poverty.
那个老人褴褛的衣衫表明他很穷困。
He languished in poverty for years.
他多年挣扎在贫困之中。
The man lived in poverty after his unemployment.
这人失业后就生活在贫困之中。
The novel is a searing indictment of urban poverty.
这部小说是对城市贫困的震撼心灵的控诉。
It is arguable that the poverty of Portugal caused the discovery of India.
可以说印度是因为葡萄牙贫穷才被发现的。
There are still too many people living below the poverty line.
生活在贫困线以下的人数仍然过多。
He is proof against corruption as witness his poverty.
他的贫困足以证明他是廉洁的。
The boy felt shamed of his abject poverty.
这个男孩因赤贫而感到羞耻。
They were handicapped by (a) poverty of resources.
他们因资源短缺处境窘迫。
The great singer ended his days in poverty.
那位大歌唱家在贫困中度过残生。
The old man has been soured by poverty.
那老人因贫困而变得乖戾了。
The people enjoy freedom from poverty.
人们享有免於穷困的生活。
Fate had ordained that he should die in poverty.
命中注定他得死于贫困。
He equates poverty with misery.
他认为贫穷就是不幸。
Extreme poverty had reduced them to a state of apathy.
极端的贫困使他们万念俱灰。
We should unite in fighting/unite to fight poverty and disease.
我们应该团结起来为消除贫穷和疾病而斗争。
People in this area were ground down by hunger and poverty.
这个地区的人们受着饥饿和贫穷的折磨。
Many great men have risen from poverty---Lincoln, for example.
许多伟人从贫困中崛起，例如林肯。
Foreign travel opened his eyes to poverty for the first time.
他一到外国才初次见识到什麽是贫穷。
They take great pleasure in reminding us of our poverty.
他们特别喜欢向我们提到我们穷。
He argues that one of the root causes of crime is poverty.
他认为犯罪的一个根本原因是贫穷。
I love her all the better for her poverty (=because she is poor).
因为她穷，我反而更喜欢她。
Come away; poverty's catching.
离开吧，穷是会惹上的啊。
Despite his poverty, he refuse to part with the family jewel.
他尽管贫穷，却不肯变卖家中的珠宝。
Despite his poverty, he refused to part with the family jewels.
他尽管贫穷，却不肯变卖家中的珠宝。
Don't give me that. You plead poverty and yet you drive around in a new car.
别期望我会相信那事。你说穷，却还开新车到处跑。。
The government has pledged itself to wage a war against poverty and disease.
政府发誓要进行一场消灭贫穷和疾病的斗争。
Although she was poor, she was living in genteel poverty.
尽管她贫穷，但她总想装出上流社会阶层的样子。
When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window.
[谚]贫穷进门来，爱情越窗飞。
They asked him to pay for the damage but he pleaded poverty.
他们要他付损害赔偿金，但他藉口贫穷而不偿还。
He pleaded poverty in extenuation of (ie as an excuse for) the theft.
他以贫穷为藉口请求为他犯的偷窃罪从轻量刑。
Many would say that crime and poverty interrelate/are interrelated (with one another).
很多人都说犯罪与贫穷是密切相关的。
Honest poverty is a gem that even a king may be proud to call his own, but I wish to sell out.
清贫，是连帝王也可能会指之为己物来引以为荣的一粒宝石，但我则情愿待价而沽之。
Working in the slums brought her up against the realities of poverty.
她在贫民区工作，使她正视贫困的现实。
As the parents had five children, life was a perpetual struggle against poverty.
由于父母已经有了五个孩子，生活就是同贫困作无止境的搏斗。
Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.
对有钱人来说，贫穷是不合情理的事情; 他们可真无法理解：既然想吃饭了，为什么不把铃打响？
Extreme want or poverty; destitution.
拮据极度缺乏或贫穷; 贫困
Suffering from poverty; miserably poor.
贫困的穷困潦倒的; 悲惨的
British writer best known for his novels about poverty and hardship, such as New Grub Street(1891).
吉辛，乔治·罗伯特1857－1903英国作家，以其关于贫穷和艰辛的小说最出名，比如新穷人街(1891年)
Let us unite to fight poverty and disease.
让我们齐心协力来克服贫困和疾病。
It was poverty that reduced her to prostitution.
是贫困迫使她卖淫。
We are at grips with the poverty in the country.
我们正在和乡村的贫困搏斗。
The article shows a poverty of imagination.
这篇文章显得缺乏想像力。
They were ground down by poverty.
他们备受贫穷的折磨。
He dwelt in poverty most of his life.
他大半生生活贫困。