-
ADJ-GRADED
（人）貧窮的，貧困的
Someone who is poor has very little money and few possessions.
例句
The reason our schools cannot afford better teachers is because people here are poor...
我們的學校請不起好老師的原因是因為這里的人窮。
He was one of thirteen children from a poor family.
他是13名來自貧困家庭的孩子之一。
-
ADJ-GRADED
（國家、地區等）貧窮的，貧困的
The people in a poor country or area have very little money and few possessions.
例句
Many countries in the Third World are as poor as they have ever been.
很多第三世界國家仍和過去一樣窮困。
...a settlement house for children in a poor neighborhood.
為貧民區兒童設立的街坊文教館
-
ADJ
可憐的；不幸的
You use poor to express your sympathy for someone.
例句
I feel sorry for that poor child...
我為那個可憐的孩子感到難過。
Poor chap — he was killed in an air crash...
不幸的家伙，他死于空難。
-
ADJ-GRADED
劣質的；糟糕的
If you describe something as poor, you mean that it is of a low quality or standard or that it is in bad condition.
例句
The flat was in a poor state of repair...
公寓嚴重失修。
The gap between the best and poorest childcare provision in the European Union has widened...
歐盟最好和最差的兒童保育服務之間的差距擴大了。
-
ADJ-GRADED
（數量、比率等）不理想的，不合理的
If you describe an amount, rate, or number as poor, you mean that it is less than expected or less than is considered reasonable.
例句
...poor wages and working conditions.
低薪和惡劣的工作條件
-
ADJ-GRADED
不熟練的；蹩腳的
You use poor to describe someone who is not very skilful in a particular activity.
例句
He was a poor actor...
他是個蹩腳的演員。
Hospitals are poor at collecting information.
醫院收集信息能力很差。
-
ADJ-GRADED
貧乏的；缺少的
If something is poor in a particular quality or substance, it contains very little of the quality or substance.
例句
Fats and sugar are very rich in energy but poor in vitamins, minerals and dietary fibre.
脂肪和糖類熱量很高，但維生素、礦物質和膳食纖維貧乏。
...soil that is poor in zinc.
缺鋅的土壤