贫穷

Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.

你妹妹所多玛的罪孽是这样：她和她的女儿们都骄傲自大，粮食丰足，生活安逸，却没有帮助困苦和贫穷的人。

Many people believe that poverty is a direct consequence of overpopulation.

许多人认为贫穷是人口过剩的直接结果。

When she was finally released, she discovered that overzealous Red Guards had beaten her daughter to death.

本书是作者对文化大革命造成的恐怖与贫穷及其深远影响的有力控诉。

In 1995, 41% of all poor households owned their own homes.

在1995年，41%的贫穷家庭拥有他们自己的住宅。

We put these three elements into green environmental protection as Oxfam logo.

保护贫穷群体的同时也是在保护我们自己生存的环境！

According to Western standards of developed countries, then the Palestinian areas is poor and backward place.

如果按西方发达国家的标准，那么巴勒斯坦地区无疑是个贫穷和落后的地方了。

A Gypsy palm reader told a client,"you will be poor until you are forty".

一个看手相的吉普赛人告诉一个客人＂你会贫穷到40岁。

While one thick garment is, for most purposes, as good as three thin ones, and cheap clothing can be obtained at prices really to suit customers; while a thick coat can be bought for five dollars, which will last as many years, thick pantaloons for two dollars, cowhide boots for a dollar and a half a pair, a summer hat for a quarter of a dollar, and a winter cap for sixty-two and a half cents, or a better be made at home at a nominal cost, where is he so poor that, clad in such a suit, of his own earning, there will not be found wise men to do him reverence?

一件厚衣服的用处，大体上可跟三件薄的衣服相同，便宜的衣服可以用真正适合顾客财力的价格买到，一件厚厚的上衣五元就可以买到了，它可以穿上好几年，厚厚的长裤两元钱，牛皮靴一元半，夏天的帽子不过一元的四分之一，冬天的帽子六毛两分半，或许还可以花上一笔极少的钱，自己在家里制一顶更好的帽子，那穿上了这样的一套自己辛勤劳动赚来的衣服，哪里还是贫穷，难道会没有聪明人来向他表示敬意吗？

The Papuan people are very, very poor. It is a Third World Country, not yet developed.

巴布人非常非常的贫穷，它是一个第三世界国家，不发达。

It is paradoxical that some of the poorest people live in some of the richest areas of the country.

某些最贫穷的人却住在这个国家一些最富有的地区，这似乎很矛盾。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。