I used to be poor in English, especially in written English.

我以前英语很差，尤其是在书面英语方面。

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Coloring may be poor in some years, and fruit often crack in wet seasons.

着色可能会很差在某些年份，往往裂缝和水果在雨季。

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Oh, I know, I know, it's meant to be so tragic–poor woman, trapped in a loveless marriage, yadda yadda yadda.

噢，知道，知道，这注定是个悲剧—可怜的女人被束缚在一个没有爱情的婚姻里，诸如此类的。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The International Labor Organization points to increases in the unemployed, the working poor and people whose jobs are likely to be cut.

VOA: special.2009.06.08

Everyone who's thinking, I don't know whether I'll be rich or poor, so I would like to have a world in which risks are shared.

每一个会思考的人都会想到，我无法预知自己会富有还是贫穷，那么还是生活在能够摊薄风险的世界更好。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Why would it be wrong in principle to tax the rich to help the poor?

为何向富人征税救济穷人在原则上是错的？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

It is much better to be poor in a society that has public and private safety nets in place.

FORBES: Getting Better To Be Poor In Brazil

To be poor in a meritocracy implies failure.

ECONOMIST: The poor

Just a few examples: Divorced and never-married women are three times more likely to be poor in old age than married women, and more than one-third of retired workers and widows get benefits that fall below the poverty level.

FORBES: Commonsense Ways To Fix Social Security