poverty-stricken UK ['pɒv.ə.tiˌstrɪk.ən] US ['pɑ:.vɚ.tˌi-] adjective ■describes a person or place suffering from the effects of being extremely poor 贫困的,一贫如洗的•Some beggars are neither poverty-stricken nor homeless.有些乞丐既不穷也并非无家可归。 •There are few jobs for the peasants who have flooded into the cities from the poverty-stricken countryside in search of work.几乎没有甚么工作可以提供给那些从贫困乡下涌入城市谋生的农民。 |