贫穷的英语：poor；needy；impoverished；privation；poverty；penury。
汉英大词典：
1、以贫穷作为借口。
poverty as one's excuse.
2、他们褴褛的衣服和破烂的家具显出他们的贫穷。
tattered clothing and broken furniture indicated their poverty.
3、贫穷能使人勤劳。
Poverty is a stimulus to industry.
双语例句：
1、我们儿时的生活虽然贫穷却过得很愉快。
We led a poor but happy enough existence as children.?
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2、你知不知道贫穷意味着什么？
Do you have any idea what it means to be poor
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3、在理想的世界里将没有贫穷和疾病。
In an ideal world there would be no poverty and disease.?
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4、它是世界上的贫穷国家之一。
It's among the poorer countries of the world.?
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5、贫穷的地理环境与选票的地理分布是相联系的。
The geography of poverty and the geography of voting are connected.?
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