She turned down young Smith because he was poor.

他拒绝了小史密斯的求婚，因为他太穷。

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Sima bridge: after Sima Xiangru returned to Chengdu from Linqiong, he was despised by other people because he was poor.

驷马桥：司马相如从临邛回到成都后，因家境贫寒，受人侮慢。

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At that moment of his existence when a man needs his pride, because he needs love, he felt that he was jeered at because he was badly dressed, and ridiculous because he was poor.

他正处在一个人由于需要爱而需要自尊心的时候，却感到自己由于衣服破旧而受人嘲弄，由于贫穷而显得可笑。

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He missed the start of the appeal a month ago because he was in poor health.

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Will you decide to leave the future a society where a man is condemned to hopelessness because he was born poor?

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Many northerners voted for him because he was a Muslim or because most of them are as poor as any southern Nigerian, despite the north's wealthy and powerful upper class.

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