Poverty trap

n. 贫困陷阱

📖 牛津释义

poverty trap situation in which one is unable to improve one's income because one depends on state benefits that are reduced as one's earnings increase 贫困陷阱(受政府津贴者因工资增加而津贴减少, 无法改善经济状况).

🧩 词语组成解析

poverty ['pɑvɚti]
n. 贫穷;缺乏,不足;贫瘠,不毛;低劣;
poor(贫穷的)+ty(表示抽象名词的后缀)→贫穷;缺乏
trap [træp]
vt. 诱骗;使受限制;困住;使(水与气体等)分离; n. 圈套;(对付人的)计谋;(练习射击用的)抛靶器;(捕捉动物的)夹子; vi. 设陷阱;装捕捉机;设圈套;

🗣️ 情景例句

That's my destination.
那是我要去的地方。
I'll pretend like it's not ringing.
且当它闹钟没有响吧。
But, in contrast, it is only in modern times that Galileo has become a problem child for historians of science.
但是相比之下,只是在现代对于科学史家来说,伽利略才变成一个新的难题。
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pelvic 'pelvik
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