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/iks'tri:m/ * tính từ - ở tít đằng đầu, ở đằng cùng, xa nhất, ở tột cùng - vô cùng, tột bực, cùng cực, cực độ =extreme poverty+ cảnh nghèo cùng cực - khác nghiệt; quá khích; cực đoan (biện pháp) =extreme views+ quan điểm quá khích - (tôn giáo) cuối cùng =extreme unction+ lễ xức dầu cuối cùng (trước khi chết) !an extreme case - một trường hợp đặc biệt -
2 poverty
/'pɔvəti/ * danh từ - sự nghèo nàn; cảnh nghèo nàn, cảnh bần cùng =to be reduced to extreme poverty+ lâm vào cảnh bần cùng cơ cực - (nghĩa bóng) sự nghèo nàn, sự thiếu thốn; sự thấp kém, sự tồi tàn =a great poverty of ideas+ tình trạng hết sức nghèo nàn về tư tưởng
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Extreme poverty — is the most severe state of poverty. Many cannot meet basic needs for food, water, shelter, sanitation, and health care. [Sachs, Jeffrey (2005). The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time Penguin Press Hc ISBN 1 59420 045 9] To… … Wikipedia
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Poverty — Street children sleeping in Mulberry Street – Jacob Riis photo New York, United States (1890) Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money.[1] Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford … Wikipedia
poverty — /pov euhr tee/, n. 1. the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor; indigence. 2. deficiency of necessary or desirable ingredients, qualities, etc.: poverty of the soil. 3. scantiness;… … Universalium
poverty — pov|er|ty W3 [ˈpɔvəti US ˈpa:vərti] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: poverté, from Latin paupertas, from pauper; POOR] 1.) [U] the situation or experience of being poor →↑poor, impoverished ↑impoverished ▪ Millions of elderly people live … Dictionary of contemporary English
