词典释义：
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He died in penury in squalor in 1920 at the age of 35. What's penury? Extreme poverty. Oh.
1920年，他三十五岁，死于极度贫困和肮脏。什么是贫困？极度贫穷。噢。
《Like Sunday, Like Rain》《如晴天，似雨天》
双语例句
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They were reduced to extreme poverty.
他们沦落到极度贫困的地步。
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The government is committed to eliminating extreme poverty by the end of the year.
政府承诺将于年底消除极端贫困。
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The agriculture sector must be placed at the center of development to cut in half extreme poverty and hunger by 2015.
必须把农业部门放在发展的中心，才能在2015年把极度贫困和饥饿人口减少一半。
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Extreme poverty remains widespread.
极端贫困依旧广泛存在。
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Globalisation brought much of Asia out of extreme poverty.
全球化令许多亚洲国家摆脱了极端贫困的地位。