poverty

pauvreté

Situation où on manque d’argent pour satisfaire ses besoins essentiels.

En anglais simple : The state of having too little money to meet basic needs.

• Many families live in poverty.
• The charity helps children escape poverty.
• Losing his job pushed him into poverty.

Synonymes : destitution

Contraires : wealth

Expressions courantes : live in poverty, extreme poverty, poverty line

pauvreté, manque

Absence ou quantité insuffisante de quelque chose dont on a besoin ou envie.

En anglais simple : A lack of something that is needed or wanted.

• The report shows a poverty of ideas.
• The poverty of the soil limits what farmers can grow.
• Her criticism focused on the poverty of their imagination.

Comment l'utiliser : poverty of something (The essay reveals a poverty of original thought.)

Synonymes : lack, shortage, scarcity

Contraires : abundance

Expressions courantes : poverty of ideas, poverty of imagination, poverty of resources