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شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
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noun ADJ. abject, absolute, extreme, grinding, severe | widespread | rural, urban VERB + POVERTY alleviate, combat, reduce | eliminate, eradicate hoping to eradicate urban poverty POVERTY + NOUN trap Caught in the poverty trap, they are unable to save money for business ventures. PREP. in ~ Most of the population lives in grinding poverty. | ~ among the true extent of poverty among the unemployed | ~ of His work displays a poverty of imagination. PHRASES below/on the poverty line families living on incomes below the poverty line
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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poverty verbs live in poverty • Half the world is living in poverty. grow up in poverty • No child should grow up in poverty in America in the 21st century. die in poverty • His art was not appreciated and he died in poverty. be reduced to poverty (= become very poor ) • By the end of the war, millions of people had been reduced to poverty. fight/combat poverty (= take action to get rid of poverty ) • The money should be spent on fighting poverty. tackle poverty (= take action to reduce the amount of poverty ) • Our priority is to tackle poverty and global inequality. reduce poverty (= reduce the amount of poverty ) • More must be done to reduce child poverty. alleviate/relieve poverty formal (= make it less severe ) • What has the West done to alleviate poverty in the world? ADJECTIVES/NOUN + poverty extreme/severe poverty • They live in conditions of extreme poverty. abject/grinding/dire poverty (= extremely severe ) • He was shocked by the abject poverty that he saw. relative poverty (= when someone is poor compared with someone else ) • the relative poverty of the southern states world poverty • They campaigned for an end to world poverty. urban/rural poverty • People come to the capital seeking to escape rural poverty. child poverty • There is increasing child poverty in our country.
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noun destitution: Poverty can make you appreciate money.
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