A poverty-stricken person or place is suffering from the effects of being extremely poor.

Some beggars are neither poverty-stricken nor homeless. 有些乞丐既不穷也并非无家可归。

There are few jobs for the peasants who have flooded into the cities from the poverty-stricken countryside in search of work. 几乎没有什么工作可以提供给从贫困的乡下涌入城市谋生的农民。

Synonyms: destituteimpoverished indigent needy poor (NO MONEY)

Opposites: affluentflush (RICH) loaded (RICH) moneyed rich (MONEY)wealthy well off (RICH)