poverty: may cover a range from extreme want of necessities to a falling short of having comfortable means: the extreme ~ of many Americans.


indigence: implies seriously straitened circumstances and the accompanying hardships: the ~ of her years as a graduate student.   straitened表示经济拮据without enough money，如the family of eight was living in straitened circumstances八口之家日子过得很拮据


penury: suggests a cramping and oppressive lack of resources, especially money: given the ~ of their lifestyle, few suspected their wealth.   注意不要写成penuary，根据发音很容易错写成penuary


want: implies extreme poverty that deprives one of the basic necessities of life: lived in a constant state of ~.


destitution: suggests such utter lack of resources as threatens life through starvation or exposure: the widespread ~ of countries beset by famine.   exposure暴露，这里表示挨冻受寒


poverty贫穷: 泛指贫穷，indigence穷困: 经济拮据，生活艰苦，penury贫穷: 压抑难忍的贫穷，want极端贫穷: 极端贫穷到缺乏基本生活必须品，destitution赤贫难以为生: 饥寒交迫到威胁生命的程度


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         2) 贫穷的意思是缺乏钱财资源mean the state of one who is poor or with insufficient resources.首字母PIPWD重组为IP互联网协议(internet protocol)和PWD密码(pwd是password的标准缩写)<==互联网是摆脱贫穷的密码