8. But "poverty" in America, as defined by the Census Bureau, does not mean destitution.
但是，美国人口调查局所定义的“贫困”并非指必需品匮乏。
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9. What they all had in common was their universal destitution, and the grey sky overhead.
他们都有什么共同之处是他们普遍的贫穷，并且灰色的天空。
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10. Thus, whereas Labour produces miracles for the rich, for the worker it produces destitution.
这样，虽然劳动为富人创造了奇迹，却给劳动者带来了贫困。
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11. Some joined to escape the misery of prostitution or destitution-a common problem with so few jobs open to women.
有些人参军，是为了避免沦落风尘或陷入赤贫——女性就业岗位匮乏，这是一个普遍问题。
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12. The only real beneficiary is Vedanta's owner, who will become even richer while the Dongria are reduced to destitution.
唯一的真正受益人是韦丹塔的所有者，他们将会越来越富有，而东加里亚人将陷入缺乏和贫穷。
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13. In 1993, she gave twice, explaining in a letter that she had seen "more suffering and more destitution" than usual.
1993年她捐了两次，在信中她解释说是因为她看到当年比平时“有更多的人受苦井陷入困境。”
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14. The USSR did that without proper planning and it ripped the country apart, forcing it into near destitution. I don;
苏联当初这么做了，但是没有一个合适的计划，导致它把国家分成区块后，却使自己接近赤贫。
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15. The rule of absolution for taking pities on destitution was related to relieving the disaster and reducing farm taxes and excising taxes.
蠲恤则例是指救灾扶荒与蠲减税赋方面的法规或准则。
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16. It is not surprising that the sensual riches granted to a sensitive man of these regions should coincide with the most extreme destitution.
此地敏感颖悟之人被赋予的丰富感知力，竟与极端贫困伴行，也就不足为奇了。
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17. Mr. Beckett is being honored for writing which, in new forms for novel and drama, acquired its elevation in the destitution of modern man.
“他那具有新奇形式的小说和戏剧作品使很多现代人从贫困和痛苦的境遇中得到振奋”。
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18. We pursued the policy of “self-seclusion” in the past, resulting in “the destitution of the people and exhaustion of the financial resource”.
过去实行“闭关自守”政策，结果搞得“民穷财困”。
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19. "This destitution persists even though human conditions have improved more in the past century than in the rest of history," the report notes.
报告指出，“尽管在过去一个世纪人类生活条件的改善超过历史任何时期，但赤贫现象依然存在。”
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20. Unemployment: not having, or losing, a job; not having enough; losing their home — When you live close to the edge, destitution is never far away.
失业：未就业，或丢失工作；所得很少；失去家庭——在生活接近危机的时刻，距离一无所有就不远了。
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21. Her poetry is elegant and readable, but her memoirs shine with energy and wit, and gleaming impressions of character and place, happiness, humiliation and destitution.
22. At first sight, this family presented no very special feature except its extreme destitution; the father, when he hired the chamber, had stated that his name was Jondrette.
23. At the end of this year a temporary cut in the payroll tax is due to expire; so, too, are the extended unemployment benefits which are all that stand between millions of Americans and destitution.
24. At the end of this year a temporary cut in the payroll tax is due to expire; so, too, are the extended unemployment benefits which are all that stand between millions of Americans and destitution.
