贫苦的英文：
poverty-stricken
poor

参考例句：

Want is a severe But efficient teacher
贫苦是严厉而教导有方的教师

He was born of poor parentage
他出身贫苦。

Poor peasants accounted for the majority of the rural population.
贫苦农民占农村人口的大多数。

Do no through fear of poverty surrender liberty
不要因为怕贫苦而放弃自由

Few children in the poor families could go to school in the old days.
在过去贫苦家庭的孩子几乎都不能上学。

He picked her out of the gutter and made her a great lady.
他使她脱离贫苦生活,并成为贵妇.

Many great men were once poor, unimportant boys. Great oaks form little acorn grow.
许多伟人曾经是贫苦、不足轻重的小孩。好汉不怕出生贱。

Father cabled the poor villager' s son some money for his further study
神父电汇给这个贫苦村民的儿子一些钱供他继续学习。

Alan and Linda always dreamed of living "the good life. "
艾伦和琳达都来自贫苦的工人家庭，都一直梦想着过上“好日子”。

He toured India's engorged cities and squalid villages
他周游了印度各地拥挤的城市和贫苦污秽的乡村。

poverty是什么意思：
n. 贫穷；贫乏；低劣

The products are of poverty.
这批产品质量很差。

Poverty is no disgrace
贫穷不是耻辱

Poverty of speech is the outward evidence of poverty of mind.
语言贫乏说明头脑空虚。

stricken是什么意思：
adj. 受打击的，负了伤的，衰老的，受灾的
v. [strike] 的过去分词

Stricken with malaria,cancer,fever,etc
染疟疾、患癌症、发烧

To subscribe and give aid to calamity-stricken masses.
赈济灾民。

Chien-yun blanched as if stricken by a severe blow.
剑云好像受了大的打击似的，脸色忽然变青了。

poor是什么意思：
adj. 贫穷的；贫乏的；卑鄙的；可怜的；乏味的；缺少的；谦卑的
n. 穷人

They are poor but proud.
他们虽穷但很自重。

She is poor but quite respectable.
她虽穷，人品却很端正。

The poorness of the play disappointed the audience.
这出剧的拙劣令观众失望了。