贫穷

我们儿时的生活虽然贫穷却过得很愉快。

We led a poor but happy enough existence as children .

你知不知道贫穷意味着什么？

Do you have any idea what it means to be poor ?

他们向往一个没有贫穷和疾病的平等社会。

They envision an equal society , free from poverty and disease .

它是世界上的贫穷国家之一。

It 's among the poorer countries of the world .

在理想的世界里将没有贫穷和疾病。

In an ideal world there would be no poverty and disease .

他们向往一个没有贫穷和疾病的平等社会。

They envision an equal society , free of poverty and disease .

贫穷的地理环境与选票的地理分布是相联系的。

The geography of poverty and the geography of voting are connected .

贫穷的郊区在传统上构成了支持该党的牢固基础。

The poor suburbs traditionally formed the bedrock of the party 's support .

表面的繁华掩盖了这座城市的肮脏和贫穷。

Squalor and poverty lay behind the city 's glittering fa ç ade .

贫穷是她的小说中惯有的主题。

Poverty is a recurrent theme in her novels .

他们经受了围困、饥饿和贫穷。

They had withstood siege , hunger and deprivation .

失业是贫穷的主要原因。

Unemployment was the chief cause of poverty .

贫穷不是耻辱。

There is no disgrace in being poor .

他在贫穷中度过余生。

He ended his days in poverty .

只因为贫穷就使得这群儿童成为警方眼中的罪犯。

The mere fact of being poor makes such children criminals in the eyes of the police .

她现在可能成功了，但她尝过贫穷的滋味。

She may be successful now , but she has known what it is like to be poor .

某些最贫穷的人却住在这个国家一些最富有的地区，这似乎很矛盾。

It is paradoxical that some of the poorest people live in some of the richest areas of the country .

邓恩先生贫穷的托词只是部分成立。

Mr Dunn 's pleas of poverty are only partly justified .

繁荣的西部和贫穷的东部之间的差距仍然存在。

The division between the prosperous west and the impoverished east remains .

采用传统的方法，贫穷的农民基本上能自给自足。

Using traditional methods poor farmers can be virtually self-sufficient .

我们贫穷但从不装腔作势。

We 're poor and we never put on airs .

他出生在一个地位相当低下的贫穷家庭。

He came from a fairly humble , poor background .

尽管他家境一般，但也并不贫穷。

Though his background was modest , it was in no sense deprived .

其他贫穷国家将目光投向国外，加强与经济强国的联系。

Other poor countries looked outward , strengthening their ties to the economic superpowers

我坦率地问他，人在如此贫穷的环境中如何还能生存。

I tackled him about how anyone could live amidst so much poverty .

对最贫穷和最没有特权的人们犯下了大量罪行。

Tremendous wrongs were being perpetrated on the poorest and least privileged human beings

贫穷问题已较过去有所缓解。

Poverty is less of a problem now than it used to be .

这些城市正逐渐变为极度贫穷之人的聚居地。

The towns are on the way to becoming agglomerations of desperately poor people

他们拒绝采取措施解决引发犯罪的真正问题：贫穷。

They refuse to do anything about the real cause of crime : poverty

很多贫穷家庭正经历严重的困难。

Many poor households are experiencing real hardship .