Were the government to use a multiplier of five instead of three, the proportion of Americans below the poverty line would rise to more than 24 percent.
如果政府用5而不是3做乘数,那美国的贫困人口比例将会上升到24%以上。
The Child Poverty Action Group says nine out of 30 in every classroom fall below the poverty line.
儿童贫困行动小组表示,每个教室中的30人就有9人生活在贫困线以下。
Thirteen percent of the population live below the poverty line.
该地13%的人口生活在贫困线之下。
A third of the population is living at or below the poverty line.
三分之一的人口生活在贫困线或以下。
Anyone who couldn't afford to buy those basics, including a helping of pease pudding with bacon on Sunday, was below the poverty line.
那些无法负担基本生活支出,包括周日吃不起一份熏肉豌豆布丁的人,都被划归为贫困人口。
Only 14% of food-stamp households have incomes above the poverty line; 41% have incomes of half that level or less, and 18% have no income at all.
获得食品救济券资助的家庭中,只有14%其收入在贫困线以上,41%收入是贫困线水平的一半及以下,还有18%没有任何收入。
They cause billions of dollars in losses of national income, and they push millions of people below the poverty line, each and every year.
每年它们都会使国家收入产生数十亿美元的损失,并将数百万人推向贫穷线以下。
They refer to countries where the economy is steadily growing while each year more and more people fall below the poverty line.
他们提到,在一些国家中,经济稳步增长,但每年却有越来越多的人滑落到贫困线之下。
The scheme aims to protect households living below the poverty line from liabilities arising from hospitalization.
该方案的目的是要保护生活在贫穷线之下的家庭避免因住院造成负债。
"If they are working minimum-wage jobs and see their wages decline or stagnate, they may now see themselves below the poverty line," Kneebone said.
尼伯恩说,“如果他们干着工资最低的工作,收入下降或者停滞不前,他们就会发现自己已经处于贫困线以下了。”
This rises to nearly three-quarters of those parents below the poverty line, the online poll of 854 parents for Save the Children indicated.
这个由854名父母参与的名为“救救孩子”的网上调查显示,对于在贫困线以下的父母而言这个比例上升到了四分之三。
For generations, Newark has been paralysed by poverty—almost one in three people lives below the poverty line—and growing indifference to crime.
纽瓦克一代又一代的居民因贫穷而麻木,几乎有三分之一的人生活在贫困线之下。 人们对犯罪活动逐渐置若罔闻。
The World Bank forecasts that 200, 000 Cambodians will fall below the poverty line this year.
世界银行预告柬埔寨今年将有200,000人处于贫困线以下。
The gaps in health outcomes, that so often divide along the poverty line, are readily apparent here.
卫生结果的差距往往以贫困线为分界,在此显而易见。
It famously draws the poverty line at “a dollar a day”, or more precisely $1.08 at 1993 purchasing-power parity (PPP).
广为流传的贫困线为“一天一美元”或者更为精确地说是“1天1.08美元”(这是以1993年物价为基准的购买力平价指数)。
A third of this population lives below the poverty line.
三分之一,是贫困人口。
Some 700,000 Serbs, of a population of 7.3m, live below the poverty line.
在730万塞尔维亚人口中,大概70万生活在贫困线下。
This is why they continually redefine poverty and raise the income threshold for the "poverty line."
他们在不断重新定义贫穷,“贫穷线”的收入标准也在不断提高。
Nearly 10 million people fell below the poverty line at the start of the last decade.
2000年后的最初几年又有将近1000万郊区民众跌入贫困线以下。
The poverty line, incidentally, is drawn at about 1,255 afghanis per month, with regional variations.
顺便说一下,贫困线定为每月收入大约1255阿富汗尼,包括地区之间的差异。
Sarju and other paupers have been issued with “above the poverty line”, or APL, ration cards, entitling them to some subsidised kerosene.
萨尔朱和其他接收救济的村民获发了“高于贫困线”(APL)的配给卡,使他们有权获得一些补贴煤油。
Over half of rural households are under the poverty line and have great difficulty in access to food markets.
超过半数的农户生活在贫困线以下。 受到经济能力和交通的制约,他们很难接近粮食市场。
Some Chileans argue that the national poverty line, of $90 a month, is set too low.
一些智利人认为目前每月90美元的国家贫困线定的太低。
Anyone who couldn't afford to buy those basics-including a helping of pease pudding with bacon on sunday-was below the poverty line.
那些无法负担基本生活支出,包括周日吃不起一份熏肉豌豆布丁的人,都被划归为贫困人口。
The costs of chronic care can be catastrophic for patients as well as health systems, driving many millions of households below the poverty line each year.
对病人和卫生体系而言,长期治疗的费用可能是灾难性的,每年将数以百万计的家庭逼至贫困线以下。
The traditional Orshansky poverty line assumes that families need a set amount of money to meet their material needs.
传统的奥山斯基贫困线标准假定一个家庭只需相应数量的金钱就能满足基本物质需求。
The traditional Orshansky poverty line assumes that families need a set amount of money to meet their material needs.
传统的奥山斯基贫困线标准假定一个家庭只需相应数量的金钱就能满足基本物质需求。
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