单词poverty line
un.: 贫困线
贫困线（政府规定维持最低生活水平所需的收入标准）:
the official level of income that is necessary to be able to buy the basic things you need such as food and clothes and to pay for somewhere to live
贫困线
Nearly fifty percent of the children here live below the poverty line without the services and conveniences that we all take for granted.
这儿有一半的孩子生活在贫困线下，没有我们觉得理所应当的服务和便利。
one person in two in what had been a broadly middle-class society found themselves below the poverty line.
以前一半的人跻身中产之列，却发现自己一夜间身处贫困线之下。
This rises to nearly three-quarters of those parents below the poverty line, the online poll of 854 parents for Save the Children indicated.
这个由854名父母参与的名为“救救孩子”的网上调查显示，对于在贫困线以下的父母而言这个比例上升到了四分之三。
Almost a fifth of New Orleans households now live below the federal poverty line ($22, 000 a year for a family of four).
现在，将近五分之一的新奥尔良家庭生活在国家贫困线以下（一个四口之家年收入为22,000美元）。
In 1992, it accounted for 33% of the poverty line for able-bodied persons and by 1995 it had decreased to 14% of that level.
1992年，它对贫困线百分之33的健全人负责，1995年则下降到了百分之14。
More than 10 million people are still living below poverty line, a population equal to that of Belgium.
中国绝对贫困人口还有1000多万，相当于一个比利时。
In the early years of the reform, the minimum wage fell significantly below the poverty line.
在早期的改革中，最低工资跌到了贫困线以下。
For a large part I lived on relatively little, for quite a few years, even in my thirties, below the poverty line.
在大部分的时间里，我生活得相对来说很简单，甚至在三十多岁的那几年，我生活在贫困线以下。
China is raising its rural poverty line by more than 90% in what it says is an attempt to increase aid to its low-income population.
中国将农村贫困线上调90%多，称这是为了增加对低收入人群的帮助。
And yet one hundred and fifty million Chinese live below the poverty line.
然而，仍有1.5亿中国人生活在贫困线以下。