The state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions.

贫穷。

Renunciation as a member of a religious order of the right as an individual to own property.

安贫(神职人员放弃财产拥有权)。

Scarcity; dearth.

缺乏；不足。

Debility due to malnutrition.

营养不良引起的衰弱。

Lack of fertility.

贫瘠。

Poverty, indigence, penury, want, destitution. These words mean the state of one with insufficient resources.

Poverty、indigence、penury、want、destitution。这几个字都意谓一个人资产不足的状态。

Poverty may cover a range from extreme want of necessities to an absence of material comforts.

Poverty 涵盖的层面较广，可指生活必需品的极端缺乏，也可指没有舒适的享受。

Indigence implies seriously straitened circumstances.

Indigence 暗示非常艰苦的境况。

Penury suggests a cramping or oppressive lack of money.

Penury 暗示手头很紧紧，迫切地需要钱。

Want and destitution imply extreme poverty that threatens life itself through starvation or exposure.

Want and destitution 暗示因饥寒交迫而有生命之虞的赤贫。