poverty trap

英 [ˈpɒvəti træp]

美 [ˈpɑːvərti træp]

n.  贫困的牢笼(即使找到工作也依旧贫困，因为政府补贴相应减少)

牛津词典

noun

• 贫困的牢笼（即使找到工作也依旧贫困，因为政府补贴相应减少）
  a situation in which a person stays poor even when they get a job because the money they receive from the government is reduced

柯林斯词典

• 穷困牢笼，贫困陷阱（指穷困者所获得的政府补贴随自己收入的增加而减少，贫穷状况始终得不到改善）
  If someone is in apoverty trap, they are very poor but cannot improve their income because the money they get from the government decreases as the money they earn increases.

英英释义

noun

• a situation in which an increase in income results in a loss of benefits so that you are no better off

双语例句

• Human Capital and Economic Growth-A Discussion about Poverty Trap of Economic Growth
  人力资本与经济增长&兼论经济增长贫困陷阱
• Human capital is the source of economic growth, and inadequate human capital undermines long-term economic growth, makes economic development stagnant and drags it into the poverty trap.
  人力资本是经济增长的源泉，人力资本不足会损害经济的长期稳定增长，使经济停滞不前，陷入“贫困陷阱”。
• Parsing Institutionalized Poverty Trap of Peasantry& An Analysis of Institutionalized Linkage of Agricultural Economic System
  制度化的文学性解析农民面临的制度性贫困陷阱&对农村经济制度的历时关联和共时关联分析
• The Structure and Breaking of the Poverty Trap in Mountainous Areas
  山区贫困陷阱的构造及其突破
• The results suggest that China's provincial income disparities are characteristic of persistence and deepening, and the problem of poverty trap become more prominent.
  分析结果表明：中国省区收入差距趋于固化与深化，贫困陷阱问题越来越突出；
• The Experimental Analysis of the Theory of Poverty Trap in the CES Economic Growth Models
  CES经济增长模型中贫困陷阱理论的实证分析
• Eco-tourism: An Approach to Escaping From the Poverty Trap in Karst Mountains of Southwestern China; Turning into the sun, he began the long, winding drive through the Cascades.
  生态旅游：西南喀斯特山区摆脱贫困陷阱之路现在他朝着太阳驶去，开始了穿越喀斯喀特山脉的漫长而曲折的路程。
• To break out of the poverty trap they need help from the government.
  为了摆脱贫困的处境，他们需要政府的帮助。
• Yet the world development report suggests that the main constraint on development these days may not be a poverty trap but a violence trap.
  然而《世界发展报告》却提出，如今发展所受到的主要约束或许不是贫困陷阱，而是暴力陷阱。
• If they are to break out of the poverty trap and prosper, they need – at the very minimum – fertile land, clean water and adequate sanitation.
  他们如要摆脱贫困的束缚和实现繁荣，就至少要有肥沃的土地、清洁的饮水和适当的卫生条件。