In fact, real benefit levels were lower in the 1970s than they were in the 1940s, and in most states the maximum benefit was below the poverty level for a family of four.
事实上，20世纪70年代的实际福利水平比20世纪40年代的要低，而且在大多数州，四口之家的最高福利都低于贫困线。
Even though Edith lives at the poverty level, she puts money into a savings account every month.
尽管伊迪丝生活贫困，她仍然每月存钱。
The official poverty level in the US now is $22025 for a family of 4 and $10991 for unrelated individuals.
现阶段美国贫困人口的官方划分标准为：4口之家年收入低于22025美元，个人收入低于10991美元。
About 20.5 million Americans, or 6.7 percent of the US population, make up the poorest poor, defined as those at 50 percent or less of the official poverty level.
约有2050万美国人(占美国人口的6.7%)属于极贫人口，也就是生活水平在官方贫困水平的50%以下的人口。
People living below the poverty level, who can't afford even the cheapest mobile phones, and RIchie Riches, who have two or three phones stashed in their briefcases.
一种是穷到买不起手机的人，一种是非常富有，有两三部手机的人。
Previously, a sponsor needed only an income at poverty level.
以前，担保人只要不在贫困线之下就可以了。
Previously, a sponsor needed only an income at poverty level.
以前，担保人只要有不在贫困线之下的收入就行。
This essay suggests that the Enlarged Linear Expenditure System (ELES) can be used to measure the relative poverty level.
本文认为，现阶段线性支出系统ELES可以用来衡量相对贫困程度。
In a country where many live at or below the poverty level, food costs are obviously a major concern, and they jumped 11.7 percent in May from a year earlier.
在一个许多人生活在贫困线上或线下的国家，食品开销显然备受关切。五月份，食品开销较去年同期上涨了11.7%。
There will be subsidies for those who earn less than two-and-a-half times the federal poverty level, or $42,925 for a family of three, and tax credits for the more affluent.
对收入不到联邦贫困线2.5倍的家庭，或收入低于42925美元的三口之家将给予补助，对较为富裕的家庭将提供免税额度(Tax Credits)。
Between 2007 and 2010, the total number of poverty-level suburban dwellers rose by 3.4 million, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data by the Brookings Institute.
据布鲁金斯学会所发布的美国人口普查数据分析显示，2007至2010年间，郊区贫困居民总人口数增加了340万。
Laura, then 62, was teaching at poverty-level wages.
当时劳拉62岁，还在教书，收入微薄。
Laura, then 62, was teaching at poverty-level wages.
当时劳拉62岁，还在教书，收入微薄。
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