poverty

UK
/ˈpɒv.ə.ti/
US
/ˈpɑː.vɚ.ti/
povertysubstantiv
poverties
Pl.
Übersetzungen
Poverty is a major issue in many developing countries.
Бедность является серьезной проблемой во многих развивающихся странах.
The family lived in extreme poverty.
Семья жила в крайней нищете.
Definitionen
The condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; the state of being poor.
The charity works to alleviate poverty in urban neighborhoods.
A deficiency or lack of something; scantiness or insufficiency.
The poverty of evidence made it impossible to reach a verdict.
The renunciation of personal ownership of property, especially as a religious vow.
After joining the order, she embraced a life of poverty.
povertyadjektiv
UK
/ˈpɒv.ə.ti/
US
/ˈpɑː.vɚ.ti/
Used attributively before other nouns (e.g., “poverty line”) and functions adjectivally.
Definitionen
Relating to or concerned with people who are poor or the condition of poverty.
The report proposes several poverty reduction strategies.