pov.er.ty

poverty的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈpɔvəti:]
KK音标发音： [ˈpɑvɚti]

poverty的词性：
n.（名词）

1. The state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts.
贫穷：穷的状况；缺乏获取物质生活必需品及需求的手段

2. Deficiency in amount; scantiness:
不足：数量的缺乏；匮乏：

“the poverty of feeling that reduced her soul”(Scott Turow)
“精神的贫乏使她的灵魂变得空虚”(斯科特·图罗)

3. Unproductiveness; infertility:
贫瘠；不孕：

the poverty of the soil.
土壤的贫瘠

4. Renunciation made by a member of a religious order of the right to own property.
（财产的）放弃：作为宗教会社成员，放弃拥有财产之权

poverty的词源：

5. Middle English poverte
中古英语 poverte

6. from Old French
源自 古法语

7. from Latin paupert3s
源自 拉丁语 paupert3s

8. from pauper [poor] * see pau-
源自 pauper [贫穷的] *参见 pau-