| 单词 | primary poverty |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprimary poverty primary poverty n. (in social economics) the condition of lacking the means to provide even the basic necessities of life. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > extreme poverty or destitution nakedness1526 starkness1544 beggary1581 destitutiona1600 primary poverty1901 down-and-outness1907 Tobacco Road1937 1901 B. S. Rowntree Poverty p. viii Families whose total earnings are insufficient to obtain the minimum necessaries... Poverty falling under this head I have described as ‘primary’ poverty. 1964 M. Laski in S. Nowell-Smith Edwardian Eng. iv. 173 Primary poverty, that is to say,..conditions where the family income..is insufficient to maintain health and working efficiency. 2000 Independent 4 July (Tuesday Review section) 5/3 The US still has..more inequality and primary poverty. < as lemmas |
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