| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_not-having-much-or-enough-money |
| 释义 | not having much or enough moneyThese words are used to describe people who do not have much money or enough money. The most commonly used word for this is poor. It is also used about places where there are a lot of poor people. Her family was poor and didn't own a computer. 70 percent of the people in poor countries live in the countryside. The opposite of poor is rich. Her father is a very rich and powerful man. For more opposites of poor, see the article at rich. You can also say that someone is penniless. This is slightly more formal than poor. At the time, I was a penniless student. The word impoverished can be used to describe a person or area that is extremely poor. This is a formal use. Benefits should be targeted at the most impoverished families. Charities have poured millions of dollars into this impoverished nation. The words disadvantaged or deprived are often used when people are poor and do not have the good living conditions and opportunities that other people have. These words are used in more formal contexts. The scheme was set up to help disadvantaged children. Deprived areas will be hardest hit by the cuts. If a person or place is poverty-stricken, that person or place is suffering very badly from the effects of being poor. He visited poverty-stricken countries where people are starving. The poverty-stricken elderly are often the first affected by illness. Needy people are poor and do not have enough food, clothes, etc. Your donations will make a difference to needy children all over the world. Destitute is used when someone is extremely poor and has no house or possessions. The floods left thousands of people destitute. In informal English, broke or strapped are ways of saying that someone has very little money at a particular time. In UK English, you can also use the slang word skint. I'm not going away this year. I'm broke. Most schools are pretty strapped for cash. UKI can't come out tonight, I'm skint. |
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