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
• 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。
• 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。
• Statistics show that China is the country which has witnessed the quickest decrease in its poverty-stricken population.
  有统计表明，中国是世界上贫困人口减少最快的国家。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• In contrast to the backward economy, the poverty-stricken areas are usually noted for their rapidly growing populations.
  与经济落后成为对比的是，贫困地区往往又是人口增长最快的地区。