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abject+poverty

  • 1 abject

    adjective
    elend; erbärmlich; bitter [Armut]; demütig [Entschuldigung]
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    ['æb‹ekt]
    (miserable; wretched: abject poverty.) erbärmlich
    - academic.ru/83909/abjectly">abjectly
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    ab·ject
    [ˈæbʤekt]
    1. (extreme) äußerste(r, s)
    \abject coward elender Feigling
    \abject failure kompletter Fehlschlag
    \abject misery tiefstes Elend
    \abject poverty bittere Armut
    to live in \abject fear in größter Angst leben
    2. (degraded) conditions erbärmlich
    3. (humble) unterwürfig; apology also demütig; failure kläglich
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    ['bdZekt]
    adj
    1) (= wretched) state, liar, thief elend, erbärmlich; poverty bitter; failure kläglich
    2) (= servile) submission, apology demütig; person, gesture unterwürfig
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    abject [ˈæbdʒekt; US auch æbˈdʒekt] adj (adv abjectly)
    1. a) elend, erbärmlich
    b) verächtlich
    c) unterwürfig
    2. hoffnungslos, entmutigend
    3. niedergeschlagen
    4. fig tiefst(er, e, es), äußerst(er, e, es):
    in abject despair in tiefster Verzweiflung;
    in abject misery in tiefstem Elend;
    in abject poverty in bitterer Armut
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    adjective
    elend; erbärmlich; bitter [Armut]; demütig [Entschuldigung]
    * * *
    adj.
    bitter (Armut) adj.
    demütig adj.
    elend adj.
    erniedrigt adj.
    unterwürfig adj.
    verächtlich adj.

    English-german dictionary > abject

  • 2 abject

    ab·ject [ʼæbʤekt] adj
    1) ( extreme) äußerste(r, s);
    \abject coward elender Feigling;
    \abject failure kompletter Fehlschlag;
    \abject misery tiefstes Elend;
    \abject poverty bittere Armut;
    to live in \abject fear in größter Angst leben
    2) ( degraded) conditions erbärmlich
    3) ( humble) unterwürfig; apology also demütig; failure kläglich

    English-German students dictionary > abject

  • 3 poverty

    noun
    1) Armut, die

    be reduced to poverty — verarmt sein

    2) (fig.): (deficiency) Armut, die (in an + Dat.)

    poverty of ideas — Ideenarmut, die

    poverty of imagination/intellect — Fantasielosigkeit, die

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    ['povəti]
    (the condition of being poor: They lived in extreme poverty; the poverty of the soil.) die Armut
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    pov·er·ty
    [ˈpɒvəti, AM ˈpɑ:vɚt̬i]
    1. (state of being poor) Armut f
    to live in [abject] \poverty in [entsetzlicher] Armut leben
    extreme/grinding \poverty drückende/bittere Armut
    intellectual/spiritual \poverty geistige/seelische Armut
    to alleviate \poverty die Armut lindern
    2. ( form: lack) Mangel m (of an + dat)
    3.
    ▶ when \poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window ( prov) wenn die Armut zur Tür hereinkommt, fliegt die Liebe zum Fenster hinaus
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    ['pɒvətɪ]
    n
    Armut f

    poverty of ideas/information — Ideen-/Informationsarmut f

    to be above/below/on the poverty line — oberhalb/unterhalb/an der Armutsgrenze leben

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    poverty [ˈpɒvə(r)tı; US ˈpɑ-] s
    1. Armut f, Not f, Mangel m (of, in an dat):
    live in poverty in Armut leben;
    poverty in vitamins Vitaminmangel; → academic.ru/60971/reduce">reduce A 16
    2. fig Armut f, Dürftigkeit f, Armseligkeit f:
    poverty of ideas Ideen-, Gedankenarmut;
    poverty of imagination Fantasielosigkeit f
    3. Unergiebigkeit f (des Bodens etc)
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    noun
    1) Armut, die
    2) (fig.): (deficiency) Armut, die (in an + Dat.)

    poverty of ideas — Ideenarmut, die

    poverty of imagination/intellect — Fantasielosigkeit, die

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    n.
    Armut nur sing. f.

    English-german dictionary > poverty

  • 4 poverty

    pov·er·ty [ʼpɒvəti, Am ʼpɑ:vɚt̬i] n
    1) ( state of being poor) Armut f;
    to live in [abject] \poverty in [entsetzlicher] Armut leben;
    extreme/grinding \poverty drückende/bittere Armut;
    intellectual/spiritual \poverty geistige/seelische Armut;
    to alleviate \poverty die Armut lindern
    2) (form: lack) Mangel m (of an +dat)
    PHRASES:
    when \poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window ( love flies out of the window) wenn die Armut zur Tür hereinkommt, fliegt die Liebe zum Fenster hinaus

    English-German students dictionary > poverty

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  • poverty — poverty, indigence, penury, want, destitution, privation all denote the state of one who is poor or without enough to live upon. Poverty, the most comprehensive of these terms, typically implies such deficiency of resources that one is deprived… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Poverty in India — One third of India s population (roughly equivalent to the entire population of the United States) lives below the poverty line and India is home to one third of the world s poor people.Though the middle class has gained from recent positive… …   Wikipedia

  • 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

  • abject — [[t]æ̱bʤekt[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (emphasis) You use abject to emphasize that a situation or quality is extremely bad. Both of them died in abject poverty... This scheme was an abject failure. Syn: total Derived words: abjectly ADV GRADED …   English dictionary

  • abject — ab|ject [ˈæbdʒekt] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of abicere, from ab away + jacere to throw ] 1.) abject poverty/misery/failure etc the state of being extremely poor, unhappy, unsuccessful etc 2.) an abject action or… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • abject — adjective 1 abject poverty/misery/failure etc the state of being extremely poor, unhappy, unsuccessful etc 2 an abject action or expression shows that you feel very ashamed: an abject apology abjectly adverb abjection noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • abject — adjective 1) abject poverty Syn: wretched, miserable, hopeless, pathetic, pitiful, pitiable, piteous, sorry, woeful, lamentable, degrading, appalling, atrocious, awful 2) an abject sinner …   Thesaurus of popular words

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