poverty

貧困

生活に必要なものを賄うお金が足りない状態。

やさしい英語で： The state of having too little money to meet basic needs.

• Many families live in poverty.
• The charity helps children escape poverty.
• Losing his job pushed him into poverty.

類義語： destitution

反対語： wealth

よく使う表現： live in poverty, extreme poverty, poverty line

乏しさ、不足

必要なものや欲しいものが十分にないこと。

やさしい英語で： A lack of something that is needed or wanted.

• The report shows a poverty of ideas.
• The poverty of the soil limits what farmers can grow.
• Her criticism focused on the poverty of their imagination.

使い方： poverty of something (The essay reveals a poverty of original thought.)

類義語： lack, shortage, scarcity

反対語： abundance

よく使う表現： poverty of ideas, poverty of imagination, poverty of resources