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

• 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。
• 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。
• The State shall support and assist the maternal and infant health care undertakings in outlying and poverty-stricken areas.
  国家对边远贫困地区的母婴保健事业给予扶持。
• 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 development of compulsory education in ethnic regions, it is necessary to set up a subsidy system for poverty-stricken students according to their needs and ethnic characteristics.
  根据这些需求和民族特点构建专门针对我国少数民族地区义务教育阶段的贫困生资助体系，对发展我国民族地区义务教育是一种必然要求。
• 2 giving priority to poverty-stricken ethnic minority counties in terms of the distribution of help-the-poor capital and materials.
  二在扶贫资金和物资的分配上重点向少数民族贫困县倾斜。
• 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。
• You can help more people if you donate these clothes to poverty-stricken or disaster-stricken areas.
  这些衣服捐到贫困地区或受灾地区，更帮到更多人呢！
• Problems in Developing Rural Economy in Poverty-stricken Mountain Areas in West China and Countermeasures
  西部贫困山区农村经济发展问题与对策