| 正面 | 2348.poverty 英 ['pɒvətɪ]美 ['pɑvɚti]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. altus => altare => inaltare => *inaltiare => enhaucier => enhauncer => enhance "raise, make higher".2. 插入的-h-也许是受单词high的影响，藉此具有双重增强的作用。n. 贫困；困难；缺少；低劣 例句： 1. Mr Dunn's pleas of poverty are only partly justified.邓恩先生贫穷的托词只是部分成立。 poverty 贫穷，贫乏来自古法语poverte,贫穷，贫乏，来自拉丁语pauper,穷的，少的，词源同poor. povertypoverty: see poorpoverty (n.)late 12c., from Old French poverte "poverty, misery, wretched condition" (Modern French pauvreté), from Latin paupertatem (nominative paupertas) "poverty," from pauper "poor" (see poor (adj.)).Seeing so much poverty everywhere makes me think that God is not rich. He gives the appearance of it, but I suspect some financial difficulties. [Victor Hugo, "Les Misérables," 1862] Poverty line attested from 1901; poverty trap from 1966; poverty-stricken from 1803." |