poverty line

• n. 贫困线；贫穷线

英英释义

Noun:

1. a level of personal income defining the state of poverty

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. There are still too many people living below the poverty line.
   生活在贫困线以下的人数仍然过多。
2. Afterward Vernon's employment was spotty and the family lived just above the poverty line.
   事后弗农的就业和家庭生活只是零星的贫困线以上。
3. There are more people now living below the poverty line than before.
   目前生活在贫穷线下的人口比以前有所增加。
4. And in l977, the average poverty line of the country was slightly more than $6,200 annual income for a non- farm family of four.
   而到一九七七年，国家规定一个四口的非农业家庭的平均贫穷线为年收入略高于六千二百美元。

近反义词

【近义词】

• poverty level 贫困水平