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pov·er·ty AHD[pŏvʹər-tē] D.J.[ˈpɒvətiː]K.K.[ˈpɑvəti]n.（名词）- 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
- Deficiency in amount; scantiness:不足：数量的缺乏；匮乏："the poverty of feeling that reduced her soul"(Scott Turow)“精神的贫乏使她的灵魂变得空虚”(斯科特·图罗)
- Unproductiveness; infertility:贫瘠；不孕：the poverty of the soil.土壤的贫瘠
- 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
- Middle English poverte 中古英语 poverte
- from Old French 源自 古法语
- from Latin paupertās 源自 拉丁语 paupertās
- from pauper [poor] * see pau- 源自 pauper [贫穷的] * 参见 pau-
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