Poverty trap

n. 贫困陷阱

📖 牛津释义

poverty trap situation in which one is unable to improve one's income because one depends on state benefits that are reduced as one's earnings increase 贫困陷阱(受政府津贴者因工资增加而津贴减少, 无法改善经济状况).

🧩 词语组成解析

poverty ['pɑvɚti]
n. 贫穷;缺乏,不足;贫瘠,不毛;低劣;
poor(贫穷的)+ty(表示抽象名词的后缀)→贫穷;缺乏
trap [træp]
vt. 诱骗;使受限制;困住;使(水与气体等)分离; n. 圈套;(对付人的)计谋;(练习射击用的)抛靶器;(捕捉动物的)夹子; vi. 设陷阱;装捕捉机;设圈套;

🗣️ 情景例句

Lillian Winters.
她是Lillian Winters。
How much is a hair cut?
剪一次头发要多少钱?
But we don't fight very often. We love each other and we are both very happy that we are twins.
但是我们并不经常争吵。我们互相爱护,我们都非常庆幸是孪生。
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