✘poor
the poor
非本义，你个可怜的小家伙u poor thing
poor food劣质食物
poor light 光线暗淡
poor soil土壤贫瘠
poor sailor易晕船的人
poor manager不善管理的人
the ˌpoor man's ˈsb/ˈsth
（比同类的名人显物）逊色的人（或物）；次级货色
Sparkling white wine is the poor man's champagne. 白葡萄汽酒是廉价的香槟。
poor in sth
countries poor in natural resources
✘poverty-stricken
Some voluntarily go to the remote areas to teach poverty-stricken students.
许多还去偏远山区志愿教学。
poverty-stricken families.
✘deprived
非本义 Why should you deprive yourselfof such simple pleasures? 你为什么连这种简单的娱乐也不让自己享受一下呢？
[usually before noun] without enough food, education, and all the things that are necessary for people to live a happy and comfortable life 指贫穷的、穷困的、穷苦的
the deprived students穷学生们
✘disadvantaged
弱势的；社会地位低下的
the disadvantaged穷人/弱势群体
disadvantaged groups/children 生活条件差的群体╱孩子
a severely disadvantaged area 极贫困地区
✘struggling
a struggling novelist
一个勉强糊口的小说家
✘depressed
bring jobs to depressed areas
给经济萧条地区创造就业机会
✘needy形容人
the needy穷人，需要救济的人
the poor, the needy, the suffering
非本义，饥渴
✘penurious
a penurious old tramp.
一贫如洗的老流浪汉。
he was generous and hospitable in contrast to his stingy and penurious wife.
与他吝啬小气的妻子相比，他慷慨又好客。
✘impoverished
impoverished peasants穷乡巴佬
impoverished areas贫困地区
eg.
His impoverished family always puts everything down to destiny.
他贫困的家庭常常把一切归咎于天命。
impoverished Pakistan贫困的巴基斯坦
an impoverished writer
穷困潦倒的作家
an impoverished aristocrat
没落贵族
the soil was impoverished by annual burning.
土壤因每年燃烧而缺乏肥力。
an impoverished speech; a region impoverished by drought.
贫乏的讲演
一个被旱灾折腾的穷困不堪的地区
✘penniless
a penniless Chinese immigrant
✘be badly off
be worse off
The increase in taxes means that we'll be £30 a month worse off than before. 税收的增加意味着我们将比以前每月少挣 30 英镑。
be worse off than their parents
比父母更加拮据
✘destitute
贫困的；贫穷的；赤贫的
When he died, his family was left completely destitute. 他死时家里一贫如洗。
civilians who were left destitute by Israeli shelling.
在以色列战火洗礼后倾家荡产的民众
homelessness and destitution 无家可归且一无所有
