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poverty-stricken

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ˈpɑːvərti strɪkən
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释义

adj. 为贫穷所困恼的,为贫穷所困扰的;非常贫穷的

例句

For some poverty-stricken families, New Year presents are out of the question.
对于一些贫困家庭来说,新年礼物是不可能的。
It will transform a poverty-stricken part of Brazil’s backlands.
巴西腹地的贫穷面貌将会得到彻底的改变。
They are trying to build up funds to relieve the poverty-stricken families.
他们设法筹集资金来救济非常贫困的家庭。

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During this period, tuberculosis was considered a ‘romantic disease,'because it tended to affect poverty- stricken artists and poets–those with weaker immune systems.
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