This being the case, they’re caught up in a poverty trap and can’t get out of it.

在这种情况下，她们陷入了贫困的陷阱并无法自拔。

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A single case of meningitis can drive a family into a spiral of poverty from which they may never recover.

一例脑膜炎就可使一个家庭坠入贫穷的漩涡，从此可能永不得翻身。

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Like dear St Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success.

就像敬爱的圣芳济一样，我也和贫困联姻，但我的早婚姻并不胜利。

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In Russia's case, the answer is to plead poverty, negotiate a thumping write-down of one chunk of its foreign debt, and start talks on another.

ECONOMIST: Russian debt