Workers are trapped in a cycle of poverty with no escape.

工人们陷入贫困的怪圈里，无力自拔。

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He was born into a cycle of poverty that his parents were both from, and at first it's the kind of poverty that one can be content in.

他出身是由于父母的贫困出身，这还算一种差强人意的贫困。

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Pessimists feared that if rising population prevented the world's poor from advancing, they would get caught in a cycle of poverty and large families.

悲观者认为人口更多反而阻碍人们变得富裕，贫穷和无节制的生育会形成恶性循环。

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Such logic perpetuates a cycle of poverty that has been fed by decades of government neglect.

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And for a society in crisis, it can feed into a cycle of poverty that lasts for generations.

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Poor productivity keeps Indian farmers trapped in a cycle of poverty, despite all the subsidies the government doles out.

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