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

• "I'm a poverty-stricken student." He cut her speech short.
  “我是个穷学生，”他打断了她。
• The problem of Poverty-stricken college students has become the social focus.
  高校贫困生问题已经成为社会各界关注的焦点问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance jointly organized the implementation of the state's compulsory education project for the poverty-stricken areas.
  国家教育部和财政部联合组织实施了国家贫困地区义务教育工程。
• 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。
• 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。
• The State supports and assists the development of educational undertakings in the outlying and poverty-stricken areas.
  国家扶持边远贫困地区发展教育事业。
• The tour will cover poverty-stricken counties and cities remaining in each region for30 days.
  这次的巡展将覆盖贫困县、市，在每个地区停留30天。