extremely poor; with very little money 赤贫的；一贫如洗的 poverty-stricken families/countries 贫困家庭/国家 He came from a poverty-stricken family in turn of the century Brooklyn. 他来自世纪初布鲁克林的一个贫穷家庭。 The organization works in many war-torn and poverty-stricken countries 该组织在许多饱受战争和贫困困扰的国家开展工作