A sinking dollar means a poorer nation and a superpower with a sinking currency is a contradiction in terms."

美元疲软意味着国家的衰落,而美国本身又是个超级大国,两者未免自相矛盾“

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

you can see as you look around, is a poorer class of people that's here.

环顾四周，你会发现，居住在这里的人都是社会中比较贫困的阶层。

关于黑人文化 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

They're particularly people from the poorer quarters of the north and the northeast, more about that later.

他们是一群特殊的人,来自北部和东北部贫困地区,我们待会再谈

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

You're struck by the equality from the standpoint of riches of the dead nobility. No great distinction and no great riches either. You're dealing with a poorer world and a world that doesn't have this kind of outstanding monarchy.

贵族们那种在死亡面前一切平等,一视同仁的观点,很令人惊讶,那时没有很富有的阶层,只有赤贫阶层和,没有掌握权利的君主阶层

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选