povertyとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒvəti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːvɚti/

名詞

poverty (usually uncountable, 複数形 poverties)

1. The quality or state of being poor; lack of money
   • 2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist‎^[1], volume 407, number 8838, page 11:

     America’s poverty line is $63 a day for a family of four. In the richer parts of the emerging world $4 a day is the poverty barrier. But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars かつ adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.

2. Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness

   poverty of soil

   poverty of the blood

   poverty of spirit

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:poverty

反意語

• See also Thesaurus:wealth

派生語

• energy poverty
• period poverty
• poverty line
• poverty of the stimulus
• poverty-ridden
• poverty-stricken
• primary poverty
• secondary poverty
• transport poverty

関連する語

• poor
• poorness