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

• A Study of Minority People's Social Mood in Northwest Poverty-stricken Areas
  西北贫困地区少数民族社会情绪研究
• 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。
• Actively conducting cooperation with international organizations in poverty alleviation and development in the poverty-stricken ethnic minority areas.
  （四）积极开展同国际组织在少数民族贫困地区扶贫开发的合作。
• The program was to help those poverty-stricken families.
  该计划是为了帮助贫困不堪的家庭。
• The disease mainly occurs in remote poverty-stricken areas, with limited or no access to safe drinking water.
  该疾病主要发生在难以或无法获得安全饮用水的偏远贫困地区。
• The problem of Poverty-stricken college students has become the social focus.
  高校贫困生问题已经成为社会各界关注的焦点问题。
• 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。
• "I'm a poverty-stricken student." He cut her speech short.
  “我是个穷学生，”他打断了她。
• 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。
• Many people complain that the fee-paying system keeps poverty-stricken students away from college.
  许多人抱怨新收费体系会让贫困学生上不起大学。