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贫困
pín kùn
Meaning
- impoverished
- poverty
Definition
贫困指生活贫穷，经济困难，缺乏基本生活资料或发展机会的状态。
Poverty refers to a state of being poor, experiencing economic hardship, lacking basic necessities or opportunities for development.
Usage
多用作名词或形容词，描述个人、家庭或地区的经济状况不佳，常与‘摆脱’、‘消除’、‘地区’等词语搭配。
Often used as a noun or adjective to describe the poor economic condition of individuals, families, or regions, frequently collocating with words like 'get rid of', 'eliminate', 'region', etc.
Examples
- 1 政府正在努力帮助贫困家庭改善生活条件。 (The government is striving to help poor families improve their living conditions.)
- 2 这个偏远山区仍然有许多人生活在贫困之中。 (Many people in this remote mountainous area still live in poverty.)
- 3 脱贫是当前最重要的民生工程之一。 (Poverty alleviation is one of the most important livelihood projects at present.)
- 4 她来自一个贫困家庭，但通过努力考上了大学。 (She comes from a poor family, but worked hard to get into college.)
- 5 教育是阻断贫困代际传递的有效途径。 (Education is an effective way to break the intergenerational transmission of poverty.)
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