Failed states were once poor almost by definition.

这些衰败的国家曾经都很穷。

Very poor but very, very beautiful.

穷 但风景怡人。

My aim in life is to be a doctor and help the poor.

我人生的目标是生帮助穷的人。

Those who had the least to give often gave the most.

那些最穷的人却往往给予的最多。

What! did Sam give the poor blind man nothing?

什么？山姆什么都没有给那穷的盲人吗？

All messed up, living alone for 40-some-odd years.

穷 独自生活四十多年。

The ghost finally took Scrooge to a very poor area of London.

现在的圣诞精灵把斯克罗带到伦敦一很穷的地方。

The Micawbers were obviously very poor, but tried hard not to let this show.

米考伯先生一家显然穷，但他们尽量掩饰这一点。

Meg didn't like to be pitied and made to feel poor.

梅格不喜欢被人可怜，也不喜欢被迫品尝穷的滋味。

Had he stopped there, he would have faced a life on the edge of penury.

如果他就停在那里，他将会面临一生的穷。

Disease, wounds, hardship and scarcity have always been part of my life. I don't complain.

疾病、伤痛、艰难还有穷始终伴随我的一生。我没有怨言。

When he was a struggling artist, they'd rejected him four times.

大卫穷时，这些人给他吃了四次闭门羹。

Great! - But… the hospital bills leave you destitute!

太好了！ - 但是… … 院账单令你穷。

You don't fall that far that fast without making some really stupid choices.

你不可能一下变得如此穷，除非做了一些愚蠢的决定。

Smartphones and social media, but poverty still the country's biggest problem.

智能手机和社交媒体广泛流行，但穷仍是阿富汗的大难题。

I was going through a divorce at the time and I was relatively down-and-out.

时我正在经历离婚，相对来说，那时候我是穷的。

If it doesn't, all the people on the Baskerville lands will be much poorer.

否则的话，巴斯克维尔家族所拥有的土地上的人们将要穷得多。

I wanted you to learn everything;I didn't want you to be poor like my sisters.

我希望你学会所有的东西；我不想你像我的姐妹们那么穷一生。

I am poor, and I am blind, and there is nothing about that that is your type.

我现在穷，双目失明，没有一点符合你的要求。

These push up property prices, putting them out of reach of many people from poorer places.

这些因素导致房产价格升高。来自那些穷地区的人根本无法购买。