indigence
noun [ U ] formal uk/ˈɪn.dɪ.dʒəns/ us/ˈɪn.dɪ.dʒəns/
赤贫
the state of being very poor
There is a reason you see someone riding a second-rate bike, and it's not indigence. 看见有些人骑二流车，并不是因为贫穷，而是另有原因。
He claimed indigence and is being . 他曾报称自己是特困户，现在也是。
See: indigent
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- It was a time not so much of poverty but of real indigence.
- Social insurance programmes have protected millions and millions of Americans from indigence in old age and when facing health care emergencies.
- He brought up his family in chronic indigence caused by his financial incompetence.