poverty trap

英 [ˈpɒvəti træp]

美 [ˈpɑːvərti træp]

n.  贫困的牢笼(即使找到工作也依旧贫困，因为政府补贴相应减少)

牛津词典

noun

• 贫困的牢笼（即使找到工作也依旧贫困，因为政府补贴相应减少）
  a situation in which a person stays poor even when they get a job because the money they receive from the government is reduced

柯林斯词典

• 穷困牢笼，贫困陷阱（指穷困者所获得的政府补贴随自己收入的增加而减少，贫穷状况始终得不到改善）
  If someone is in apoverty trap, they are very poor but cannot improve their income because the money they get from the government decreases as the money they earn increases.

英英释义

noun

• a situation in which an increase in income results in a loss of benefits so that you are no better off

双语例句

• With investment, Africa can become a great economy, and that will pull people out of the poverty trap.
  有了投资，非洲的经济就能发展起来，人们也能摆脱贫困的桎梏。
• Stride Across Poverty Trap Through Institutional Innovation
  通过制度创新跨越贫困陷阱
• The results suggest that China's provincial income disparities are characteristic of persistence and deepening, and the problem of poverty trap become more prominent.
  分析结果表明：中国省区收入差距趋于固化与深化，贫困陷阱问题越来越突出；
• Second, capital allocation, through a savings of mobilizing and mechanism of credit expansion, short-term inside promoted the rapid economic growth and make economic development from the so-called "poverty trap" constraints, which has played a positive role.
  第二、资金配置通过全民储蓄的动员机制进行信用扩张，短期内促进了经济较快增长，使得经济发展摆脱了所谓贫困陷阱的约束，起到了积极作用。
• The range of incomes over which this happens defines the 'poverty trap'.
  发生在这种情况的收入范围，称为贫困陷阱。
• The Structure and Breaking of the Poverty Trap in Mountainous Areas
  山区贫困陷阱的构造及其突破
• To break out of the poverty trap they need help from the government.
  为了摆脱贫困的处境，他们需要政府的帮助。
• Early in his life he was able to realise a dream of most poor boys, the dream that the way out of the poverty trap is through success in sport.
  他在早年就实现了大多数男孩子的梦想，即凭借体育上的成功来摆脱贫困的处境。
• Eco-tourism: An Approach to Escaping From the Poverty Trap in Karst Mountains of Southwestern China; Turning into the sun, he began the long, winding drive through the Cascades.
  生态旅游：西南喀斯特山区摆脱贫困陷阱之路现在他朝着太阳驶去，开始了穿越喀斯喀特山脉的漫长而曲折的路程。
• If they are to break out of the poverty trap and prosper, they need – at the very minimum – fertile land, clean water and adequate sanitation.
  他们如要摆脱贫困的束缚和实现繁荣，就至少要有肥沃的土地、清洁的饮水和适当的卫生条件。