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Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary
poverty-stricken
ˈpoverty-ˌstricken BrE AmE adjective extremely poor: poverty-stricken families • • • THESAURUS ▪ poor having very little money and not many possessions – used about people or places: Many families were too poor to pay for education. | poor countries ▪ hard up/broke (also skint British English) [not before noun] informal having very little money, especially for a short period of time. Skint is more informal than the other words: I’m a bit hard up at the moment | We were so broke we couldn’t afford to go out to the cinema. ▪ developing [only before noun] a developing country is poor and has very little industry: The disease is found mainly in developing countries. | the developing world ▪ deprived [usually before noun] much poorer than other people in a country, and not having the things that are necessary for a comfortable or happy life – used about people and areas: The charity works with deprived children in the inner city. | one of the most deprived areas of London ▪ disadvantaged especially written used about groups of people in society who have much less chance of being successful because they are poor: An increase in the minimum wage would help the most disadvantaged Americans. ▪ needy having very little money, and so needing help – used about groups of people: More help should be given to needy families. | We offer scholarships for needy students. ▪ destitute especially written having no money or possessions and nowhere to live – used when someone is in a very bad situation: Her family was left destitute after her father died. | destitute refugees ▪ impoverished formal impoverished people and places are very poor: out-of-work miners and their impoverished families | The children come from impoverished neighbourhoods. | one of the world’s most impoverished countries ▪ poverty-stricken written extremely poor: poverty-stricken areas | They were left poverty-stricken. ▪ penniless especially literary having no money: She died penniless. | a penniless student
poverty-strickenhu◎ | ['pɔvəti'strikn] | ※ | tính từ | | ■ | bị nghèo nàn; nghèo xơ xác | | ☆ | poverty-stricken families | | những gia đình nghèo xơ xác |
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