live in poverty meaning in English
过着贫苦的生活
过着贫困的生活
过着贫穷的生活
生活窘迫
生活清苦
生活在贫困之中
Examples
- They've been working like brutes and living in poverty all their lives .
他们一辈子干的牛马活,过着穷日子。 - The majority work hard and live in poverty in order that the minority may live in luxury without working at all .
为了使这些占人口少数的人可以不从事劳动而又过着穷奢极欲的生活,大多数人就必须拼命干活,并且过着穷困的生活。 - If a man is only able to provide himself and his family with the bare necessaries of existence, the man's family is living in poverty .
要是一个人只能为他自己和他家庭弄到些最起码的生活必需品,那么这一家就算生活在贫困中。 - Ten per cent of the population lived in poverty
百分之十的人口生活在贫困之中。 - There was a newly married couple that lived in poverty
一对新婚夫妇生活贫困。