英汉词典

1.The USSR did that without proper planning and it ripped the country apart, forcing it into near destitution. I don;

苏联当初这么做了，但是没有一个合适的计划，导致它把国家分成区块后，却使自己接近赤贫。

2.Some joined to escape the misery of prostitution or destitution-a common problem with so few jobs open to women.

有些人参军，是为了避免沦落风尘或陷入赤贫——女性就业岗位匮乏，这是一个普遍问题。

3.At first sight, this family presented no very special feature except its extreme destitution; the father, when he hired the chamber, had stated that his name was Jondrette.

这人家，乍一看。除了那种一贫如洗的窘相外，似乎也没有什么很特殊的地方，那个家长，在开始租用那间屋子时，自称姓容德雷特。

4."This destitution persists even though human conditions have improved more in the past century than in the rest of history," the report notes.

报告指出，“尽管在过去一个世纪人类生活条件的改善超过历史任何时期，但赤贫现象依然存在。”

5.Mr. Beckett is being honored for writing which, in new forms for novel and drama, acquired its elevation in the destitution of modern man.

“他那具有新奇形式的小说和戏剧作品使很多现代人从贫困和痛苦的境遇中得到振奋”。

6.But "poverty" in America, as defined by the Census Bureau, does not mean destitution.

但是，美国人口调查局所定义的“贫困”并非指必需品匮乏。

7.Thus, whereas Labour produces miracles for the rich, for the worker it produces destitution.

这样，虽然劳动为富人创造了奇迹，却给劳动者带来了贫困。

8.We are still living in 3D America: desolation, devastation, destitution.

我们仍然生活在3D的美国：破败（desolation）、创伤（devastation）、贫困（destitution）。

9.At the end of this year a temporary cut in the payroll tax is due to expire; so, too, are the extended unemployment benefits which are all that stand between millions of Americans and destitution.

一项临时的工资削减政策将于今年年底到期，同样要到期的还有长期失业救济金，这些救济金令数百万美国民众摆脱赤贫。