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1 poverty
['pɔvətɪ]сущ.1) бедность, нищета, нужда, скудостьabject / dire / extreme / grinding / severe poverty — полная нищета
in poverty — в бедности, в нужде, в нищете
to live in grinding poverty — нуждаться, жить в крайней нужде
to wipe out / eliminate / eradicate poverty — уничтожить бедность
poverty line; poverty level — черта бедности
Syn:2) скудность; оскудение -
2 poverty
ˈpɔvətɪ сущ.
1) бедность, нищета, нужда, скудость to breed poverty ≈ плодить нищету to eliminate, eradicate, wipe out poverty ≈ уничтожить бедность abject, dire, extreme, grinding, severe poverty ≈ полная нищета in poverty ≈ в бедности, в нужде, в нищете to live in grinding poverty ≈ нуждаться, жить в крайней нужде Syn: want
2) скудность;
оскудение бедность, нищета - to be reduced to abject * впасть в крайнюю нищету скуд(н) ость, бедность - * of ideas бедность /скудость/ мысли - * of the land скудность /неплодородность/ почвы - he showed a striking * in his knowledge of the problem он продемонстрировал поразительно невежество в этом вопросе нехватка, отсутствие( чего-л.) - * of vitamins отсутствие витаминов - * of intellect недостаток ума - * of (the) blood (медицина) анемия > * row (кинематографический) (профессионализм) мелкие компании, производящие дешевые кинофильмы > * is no sin /disgrace, crime, vice/ (пословица) бедность - не порок > * is not a shame but the being ashamed of it is (пословица) бедность - не порок, стыдиться бедности - не добродетель > when * comes in at the door, love flies out at the window( пословица) когда бедность входит в дверь, любовь уходит в окно absolute ~ абсолютное обнищание;
крайняя нищета poverty бедность, нужда ~ бедность ~ скудность;
оскудение relative ~ относительная бедность
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