dire poverty

Why have some countries been able to achieve sustained growth while others appear to remain trapped in dire poverty?

为何一些国家可以取得持续性增长，而另一些国家却似乎依然陷于极端贫困的泥淖之中？

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The reforms lifted hundreds of millions of rural households out of dire poverty ( World Bank 2000).

改革措施使几亿农户直接摆脱贫困（世界银行2000）。

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She had been oppressed by dire poverty.

她曾因极其贫困而心情沉重。

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We are also lifting more people more quickly out of dire poverty than ever before.

我们也在以空前快的速度让更多人脱离赤贫。

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living in dire poverty

生活赤贫

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

It says rapid population growth and a bulge in the number of young people means the absolute number of people in Africa living in dire poverty may remain broadly constant.

该报告说，人口的快速增长和众多的年轻人意味着生活在贫困线以下的非洲人口的绝对数量可能会大致保持稳定。

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The backward economy and the cruel exploitation by the serf-owners kept the people in dire poverty and misery.

经济的落后和农奴主的残酷剥削，使人民群众处于极端贫穷和悲惨的生活境地。

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The people here are reduced to dire poverty because of ( the) natural disasters.

这里的人们由于自然灾害而穷不聊生。

汉英大词典

They deprived a large number of the overseas Chinese of their means of livelihood and drove them out of their residences in dire poverty.

他们剥夺了大批华侨劳动人民的生活资料，然后将他们扫地出门。

《汉英大词典》

The people here are reduced to dire poverty because of ( the ) natural disasters.

这里的人们由于自然灾害而穷不聊生.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

If a man lives in dire poverty, Does that give him the right to be not credible?

即使一个人穷到活不下去了，就可以不讲信用吗？

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Social and economic disparities, the unjust distribution of our resources, and the dire poverty of the majority of the population cannot magically evaporate with the dust.

社会地位、经济地位的不平等，资源分配的不平等以及大部分人生活在赤贫中这些事实不会神奇地随尘埃蒸发。

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Therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the LORD sends against you.

所以你必在饥饿，干渴，赤露，缺乏之中事奉耶和华所打发来攻击你的仇敌。

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