n.[U]

1. 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。

2. 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。

3. 不毛，貧瘠
4. 虛弱

n.

1. the state of being extremely poor.
   ▸the renunciation of the right to individual ownership of property as part of a religious vow.
2. the state of being insufficient in amount.