poverty n. 1.貧窮。 2.缺乏,缺少,貧乏,不足 (of, in); (土地的)貧瘠,不毛。 3. 虛弱;低劣。 come to poverty 變窮。 poverty of blood 【醫(yī)學(xué)】貧血。 poverty in vitamins 維生素不足。 live in genteel poverty 家貧而要面子擺闊。
"on the contrary-" brissenden paused and ran an insolent eye over martin s objective poverty, passing from the well-worn tie and the saw-edged collar to the shiny sleeves of the coat and on to the slight fray of one cuff, winding up and dwelling upon martin s sunken cheeks “相反,”布里森登住了嘴,不客氣地打量了一眼馬丁那明顯的貧窮。從舊領(lǐng)帶到鋸狀的衣領(lǐng),到磨光了的外衣肘部,再到有一處已經(jīng)綻線的袖日,到未了又細(xì)細(xì)打量了一下馬丁那凹陷的雙頰。