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N the state of being unable to afford to heat one's home adequately 无法负担得起家里足够的取暖的状况
Fuel poverty is a really serious problem and straw homes are a potential solution.
哈斯通的首席执行官苏.查克利说，“燃料的匮乏是一个非常严重的问题，而稻草房屋是一个可能解决这个问题的办法。”
The Department of Energy and Climate Change statistics show 700,000 more UK families fell into fuel poverty in 2009, bringing the total to 5.5 million — one in five of all households.
能源和气候变化部的统计数据显示在2009年新增七十万户以上的英国家庭陷入燃料贫困，让燃料贫困的家庭总数达到五百五十万——这是全国家庭总数的五分之一。
This is a poorly directed benefit, as only 12% of recipients pay more than 10% of their income to heat their homes adequately (the "fuel poverty" which the transfer is meant to alleviate);
这是一项不起眼的直接补贴，因为仅有12%的受惠者支付超过其工资10%，以确保室内足够暖和（“能源贫困”的转移实际意思也就是缓解）；
"And because of that about 100 million people were still trapped in poverty because of higher food and fuel prices,".
VOA: standard.2009.04.24
Galmudug regional government Minister of Planning Omar Mohamud warns that not implementing a long-term solution to the water problem will fuel the vicious cycle of droughts, hunger,and violence and keep the Somali people in the iron grip of poverty.
VOA: standard.2009.10.06
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