失业是贫穷的主要原因。

Unemployment was the chief cause of poverty.

《牛津词典》

他们被保护得很好，不知道贫穷的滋味。

They were cocooned from the experience of poverty.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

贫穷的农民丢下干旱的农田，来这里寻找工作。

Poor farmers are deserting their parched farm fields and coming here looking for jobs.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

It's bad that, through no fault of their own, some people are poor and other people are rich.

这样是不对的，因为他们自己没有犯错，然而却有些人贫穷有些人富裕。

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And poverty in the United States is very much about who has access to resources.

在美国，贫穷就是关于谁能获取资源的问题。

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Obviously poverty and racism and oppression can also corrupt one's spirit and turn the person into someone who is bitter and angry, filled with rage.

当然，贫穷，歧视，压迫,会摧垮一个人的精神，让人变得,愤世嫉俗，满腔怒火。

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