poverty-stricken

英 [ˈpɒvəti strɪkən]

美 [ˈpɑːvərti strɪkən]

adj.  赤贫的; 一贫如洗的

牛津词典

adj.

• 赤贫的；一贫如洗的
  extremely poor; with very little money

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 极为贫穷的；极其贫困的
  Poverty-strickenpeople or places are extremely poor.
  1. ...a teacher of poverty-stricken kids...
     教特困家庭的孩子的老师
  2. The Pope is visiting some of the most poverty-stricken areas of the city.
     教皇正在走访该城一些最穷困的地方。

英英释义

adj

• poor enough to need help from others
  Synonym:destituteimpoverishedindigentnecessitousneedy

双语例句

• The program was to help those poverty-stricken families.
  该计划是为了帮助贫困不堪的家庭。
• In the meantime, the poverty-stricken areas also made substantial progress in cultural, educational and public health undertakings.
  同时，贫困地区的文化、教育、卫生事业也有了较大的发展。
• The state encourages Chinese-foreign cooperative education in China's west regions, remote and poverty-stricken regions.
  国家鼓励在中国西部地区、边远贫困地区开展中外合作办学。
• We will increase support for old revolutionary areas, ethnic minority areas, border areas and poverty-stricken areas.
  加强对革命老区、民族地区、边疆地区和贫困地区的支持。
• However, with the deepening of reform and opening-up and the establishment of the socialist market economy, great changes have taken place in both the size and composition of poverty-stricken population in urban areas.
  但随着改革开放的深入和社会主义市场经济体制的建立，城镇贫困人口的构成和规模都发生了很大的变化。
• The State supports and assists the development of educational undertakings in the outlying and poverty-stricken areas.
  国家扶持边远贫困地区发展教育事业。
• "I'm a poverty-stricken student." He cut her speech short.
  “我是个穷学生，”他打断了她。
• In before this English literature, the ordinary poverty-stricken person is simply does not have the status.
  在这之前的英国文学中，普通穷苦人是根本没有地位的。
• In contrast to the backward economy, the poverty-stricken areas are usually noted for their rapidly growing populations.
  与经济落后成为对比的是，贫困地区往往又是人口增长最快的地区。
• The tour will cover poverty-stricken counties and cities remaining in each region for30 days.
  这次的巡展将覆盖贫困县、市，在每个地区停留30天。