The people here are reduced to dire poverty because of (the) natural disasters.

这里的人们由于自然灾害而穷不聊生。

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Thousands of children live in dire poverty.

成千上万的儿童生活极为贫困。

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Diminished expectations are only one of the effects of dire poverty.

希望渺茫仅仅是极度贫困的诸多影响之一。

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But he ended up homeless, struggling in dire poverty in 2009.

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Many of the children grew up in dire poverty.

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Moreover, the money goes to workers who are already relatively well off, rather than to the 40% of South Africans who are without a job, many of them living in dire poverty.

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