Poverty trap
n. 贫困陷阱
📖 牛津释义
poverty trap
situation in which one is unable to improve one's income because one depends on state benefits that are reduced as one's earnings increase 贫困陷阱（受政府津贴者因工资增加而津贴减少, 无法改善经济状况）.
🧩 词语组成解析
trap
[træp]
vt. 诱骗;使受限制;困住;使（水与气体等）分离;
n. 圈套;（对付人的）计谋;（练习射击用的）抛靶器;（捕捉动物的）夹子;
vi. 设陷阱;装捕捉机;设圈套;
🗣️ 情景例句
I'm just not sure about what I want to do.
我不知道该读什么？
We're Killing Ourselves, in which he tries to sketch life in the year 2000.
“我们正在自杀”，在这本书中他简述了2000年的生活。
When a shock came, it shook the rigid table upon which these stood.
一旦有地震，就会震动竖立在坚硬的桌子上的木棒。