poverty line

poverty line

美 　英

• n.貧困線（政府規定維持最低生活水平所需的收入標準）
• 網絡貧窮線；臺灣貧窮線；貧窮線測量

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英漢解釋

英英解釋

例句

Nearly fifty percent of the children here live below the poverty line without the services and conveniences that we all take for granted.

這兒有一半的孩子生活在貧困線下，沒有我們覺得理所應當的服務和便利。

one person in two in what had been a broadly middle-class society found themselves below the poverty line.

以前一半的人躋身中產之列，卻發現自己一夜間身處貧困線之下。

This rises to nearly three-quarters of those parents below the poverty line, the online poll of 854 parents for Save the Children indicated.

這個由854名父母參與的名為“救救孩子”的網上調查顯示，對于在貧困線以下的父母而言這個比例上升到了四分之三。

Almost a fifth of New Orleans households now live below the federal poverty line ($22, 000 a year for a family of four).

現在，將近五分之一的新奧爾良家庭生活在國家貧困線以下（一個四口之家年收入為22,000美元）。

In 1992, it accounted for 33% of the poverty line for able-bodied persons and by 1995 it had decreased to 14% of that level.

1992年，它對貧困線百分之33的健全人負責，1995年則下降到了百分之14。

More than 10 million people are still living below poverty line, a population equal to that of Belgium.

中國絕對貧困人口還有1000多萬，相當于一個比利時。

In the early years of the reform, the minimum wage fell significantly below the poverty line.

在早期的改革中，最低工資跌到了貧困線以下。

For a large part I lived on relatively little, for quite a few years, even in my thirties, below the poverty line.

在大部分的時間里，我生活得相對來說很簡單，甚至在三十多歲的那幾年，我生活在貧困線以下。

China is raising its rural poverty line by more than 90% in what it says is an attempt to increase aid to its low-income population.

中國將農村貧困線上調90%多，稱這是為了增加對低收入人群的幫助。

And yet one hundred and fifty million Chinese live below the poverty line.

然而，仍有1.5億中國人生活在貧困線以下。

And therein lies a lesson. Give or take a dime or two, it matters little where a poverty line is drawn.

并且此中有個教訓，增加或減少一兩角錢，對于劃定貧困線影響甚小。

In many poor countries the cost of living was steeper than previously thought, which meant more people fell short of the poverty line.

在許多貧窮的國家，生活成本比先前想象的要多，這意味著更多的人將降到貧困線以下。

Three out of four of those below the poverty line work: half have full-time jobs, a quarter work part time.

在處于貧困線以下的人口中，有四分之三有工作：一半人有全職工作，四分之一有兼職工作。

The surge across the poverty line is a period of accelerating growth both for the new middle class and for the country it inhabits .

貧窮線的跨越潮是中產階級和他們的國家加速增長的一個時期。

Officials say that UID cards will reduce overlapping documentation when processing voters' cards, ration cards and below-poverty-line cards.

官員們說，在處理選民證，配給證，貧困證時，身份證會幫助減少冗雜的文件。

Millions of people still lived below the poverty line, whose only hope of a better life was a rapid rate of economic expansion.

數以百萬計的人群仍然生活在貧困線以下，他們過上更好生活的唯一希望就在于快速的經濟擴張。

As the general standard of living in the country rises, the poverty line does, too.

由于國內一般生活水平上升，貧困線同樣在上升。

Just over half of the population lives on less than 120% of this meagre poverty line.

超過一半的人口生活在這條本來錢就很少的貧困線的120%以下。

What tipped them from middle-class lifestyles to incomes just above the poverty line was likely to have been one or all of three factors.

而她們之所以從中產階級生活淪落到收入僅高于貧困線的境地，可能是出于三個因素（或其中之一）。

The traditional Orshansky poverty line assumes that families need a set amount of money to meet their material needs.

傳統的奧山斯基貧困線標準假定一個家庭只需相應數量的金錢就能滿足基本物質需求。

EXAMPLE: The remote mountain town has very few industries and nearly a third of its population lives below the poverty line.

這個偏遠山城沒有什么產業，將近三分之一的人生活在貧困線以下。

One in three Hungarians lives on or below the poverty line; far more among the Roma (Gypsy) minority.

三分之一的匈牙利人生活在貧困線附近或之下；許多是羅馬（吉普賽）少數民族。

Similarly, more than 70% of Americans under the official poverty line own at least one car.

美國官方貧困線以下的人，有70%多擁有至少一輛車。

In the United States, the poverty line is $29. 58 a day for a single adult under the age of 65.

美國的貧困人口標準是一個65歲以下，日收入少于29.58美元的成年人。

and yet 70% of the population lives under the poverty line.

但70%的人口卻生活于貧困線以下

For starters, the original poverty line is pegged to only one thing: food costs as a share of annual income.

對于基準線來說，最初的貧困線僅僅與一項指標相掛鉤：食物支出占年收入的比重。

E700 is equal to the poverty line and is low enough not to destroy jobs (though the amount is planned to increase).

700鎊相當于一個貧困線，這已經足夠低了，但還不至于丟掉工作（雖然工資計劃要增長）。

A greater percentage of Egypt's population lives below the poverty line, compared to Tunisia, making Egyptians arguably more desperate.

埃及有很大一部分人口都生活在貧困線以下，和突尼斯相比，這當然會讓埃及人更容易鋌而走險。

Millions will be lifted out of poverty, halving the number of people below the $1-a-day poverty line.

數以百萬計的人將擺脫貧困，使生活在每日1美元貧困線下的人數減半。

This essay also holds that the current international poverty line standard is too high for China's present conditions.

現行的各種國際貧困線標準較高，因而不符合中國實際情況。

The gaps in health outcomes, that so often divide along the poverty line, are readily apparent here.

衛生結果的差距往往以貧困線為分界，在此顯而易見。

The idea of a poverty line has stayed with us, but the candidates have multiplied.

“貧困線”這個概念一直留存了下來，但是衍生出的標準卻是五花八門。

At current growth rates, fewer than 25 million out of a total of about 2 billion East Asians will be living below the poverty line by 2020.

以目前的增長速度，到2020年約20億東亞人里將會有不到2500萬人生活在貧困線下。

The scheme aims to protect households living below the poverty line from liabilities arising from hospitalization.

該方案的目的是要保護生活在貧窮線之下的家庭避免因住院造成負債。

The poverty line is the minimum income that people need for an acceptable standard of living.

貧窮線是指維持一般生活水準所需的最低收入。收入低于這個標準的人被認為是貧困的。

Reducing PPP consumption estimates drops large numbers of additional households below the poverty line.

降低購買力平價消費估算值，會大大增加生活在貧困線以下的人口數量。

Average Chinese income rises as the country's economy grows, voices to revise the poverty line become much louder.

隨著我國經濟不斷增長，人均收入水平逐年提高，要求調整貧困線的聲音越來越多。

In the late 1990s, dips in production and prices left the island state heavily reliant on foreign aid and farmers on the poverty line.

九十年代后期，其產量和價格的下降讓圣美越發依賴外國，而當地農民也因此身處貧困的邊緣。

Slight changes in the definition of poverty line can change the number of poor in India by tens of millions.

貧困線的很小的調整可以引起印度貧困人口數量的數以百萬計的變化。

Nearly 10 million people fell below the poverty line at the start of the last decade.

2000年后的最初幾年又有將近1000萬郊區民眾跌入貧困線以下。