n.[U]
- 貧窮,貧困His family lives below the poverty line.
他的一家生活極端艱苦。
He lived in poverty.他生活貧窮。
- 貧乏,缺少[S1][(+of/in)]The article shows a poverty of imagination.
這篇文章顯得缺乏想像力。
His later stories are not interesting because of their poverty of imagination.他後來寫的故事因為缺乏想像力而枯燥乏味。
- 不毛,貧瘠
- 虛弱
辨析
同義:
n.貧窮,貧困;窮困;困難;飢餓
indigence penury impoverishment neediness privation destitution beggary pauperism distress difficulties straits narrow straits starvation hunger bare cupboard poorness financial distress hand-to-mouth existence homelessnessn.缺少,不足,耗盡,空
lack want absence dearth paucity scarcity short supply shortage depletion need insufficiencyn.貧乏;空乏
scarceness scantiness exiguity shortness bareness反義:
n.「貧窮;貧乏;貧瘠」的反義字
richness wealth abundance affluence同義參見:
necessity