| 单词 | food poverty |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfood poverty food poverty n. the condition of being unable to afford or obtain sufficient food, esp. food which is nutritious enough to meet one's basic dietary needs.Not common in North American usage.In early use probably not a fixed collocation. ΚΠ 1909 C. E. Woodruff Expansion of Races xi. 157 He gave many details of this food poverty, the overcrowding and the harmful conditions [in tropical climates]. 1980 Pakistan Developm. Rev. 19 311 (heading) The analysis of food poverty: an illustration from Kenya. 2015 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 1 June 17 The fact that so many people are increasingly having to turn to them [sc. food banks] is a disgrace in a country as affluent as ours... Central to the problem of food poverty is the continuing cuts to benefits for those out of work and the shocking low levels of pay for many of those in work. < as lemmas |
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