ADJECTIVE | VERB + POVERTY | POVERTY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤abject, absolute, extreme, grinding, severe極其貧窮;赤貧;一貧如洗▸➤widespread普遍的貧窮▸➤global, world全球/世界性貧困▸➤rural, urban鄉村的貧困狀況;城市貧窮問題▸➤child貧困兒童的問題VERB + POVERTY➤alleviate, combat, fight, reduce緩解貧困;與貧困作鬥爭;扶貧▸➤eliminate, end, eradicate消滅貧困◇a plan to eradicate urban poverty一項消除城市貧困的計劃➤escape擺脫貧困◇his struggle to escape the grinding poverty of his childhood他為擺脫童年時期的極度貧困而作的掙扎POVERTY + NOUN➤trap貧困陷阱(指領政府津貼的窮人因工資增加而津貼相應減少,無法改善經濟狀況)◇Caught in the poverty trap, they are unable to save money for business ventures.工資增加,政府津貼就減少,他們身陷貧困陷阱,無法存錢辦公司。➤rate貧困率➤reduction扶貧PREPOSITION➤in poverty處於貧窮之中◇Most of the population lives in grinding poverty.大多數的人口生活貧困。➤poverty among⋯之中的貧窮◇the true extent of poverty among the unemployed失業者實際的貧窮程度➤poverty of缺乏◇His work displays a poverty of imagination.他的作品缺乏想像力。PHRASES➤above/below/under the poverty level, above/below/under the poverty line在貧困線之上/之下◇families living below the poverty line / level生活在貧困線以下的家庭➤at the poverty level, at the poverty line, on the poverty line (BrE) 處於貧困線水平