Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #598
poor
穷人；贫困者
poor people as a group; people who have little or no money and possessions
常作 the poor，指整个群体。
- 1.
The poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society.
社会或世界的贫困群体,社会的贫困阶层
- 2.
A poor person.
一个穷人
- 3.
people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
穷人(作为群体)
- 4.
the second-to-last placer in Tycoon
Tycoon中的倒数第二名
穷苦人；贫苦者；（游戏Tycoon中）倒数第二名；社会或世界的贫困群体,社会的贫困阶层；一个穷人；穷人(作为群体)
In use
The government should provide more support for the poor.
Charities work tirelessly to help the poor in rural areas.
Education is key to lifting the poor out of poverty.
the urban poor need assistance
the poor
the poor 是名词化的形容词，指穷人群体，作主语时谓语动词用复数。
The poor were hit hardest by the pandemic.
穷人受这场疫情冲击最严重。
the poor of + {place}
用 of 短语可以限定穷人的具体范围，如 the poor of a city（某城市的穷人）。
The poor of the world face many challenges.
世界上的穷人面临许多挑战。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- the poor
- 穷人（作为一个群体）
- The poor are often the first to be affected by rising food prices.穷人往往最先受到食品价格上涨的影响。
- the working poor
- 在职穷人（有工作但仍贫困的人）
- The working poor often hold two jobs just to pay the rent.在职穷人常常打两份工才付得起房租。
- the rural poor
- 农村贫困人口
- The charity sends medicine to the rural poor in remote areas.该慈善机构向偏远地区的农村贫困人口提供药品。
- the urban poor
- 城市贫困人口
- New housing policies aim to help the urban poor.新的住房政策旨在帮助城市贫困人口。
- help the poor
- 帮助穷人
- She volunteers every weekend to help the poor.她每个周末都做志愿者帮助穷人。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
poor 作名词指“穷人、贫民”：想象 the poor 是街上缺衣少食的一群人；玩 Tycoon 拿到倒数第二名也叫 poor，就像资源最少的人。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：社会议题讨论、新闻报道 作名词时通常指贫困群体整体（the poor），多用于书面、新闻或社会议题讨论；在口语中也可用 poor people 来表示。选择时注意与形容词用法区分。
Grammar Note
定冠词the连用，表示复数概念
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 poor /pʊr/ 押韵的有 sure /ʃʊr/、tour /tʊr/、moor /mʊr/。注意 door /dɔːr/ 和 floor /flɔːr/ 拼写相似但元音不同，不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.