poverty n. 1.贫穷。 2.缺乏,缺少,贫乏,不足 (of, in); (土地的)贫瘠,不毛。 3. 虚弱;低劣。 come to poverty 变穷。 poverty of blood 【医学】贫血。 poverty in vitamins 维生素不足。 live in genteel poverty 家贫而要面子摆阔。
The Poverty of Historicism is a book by twentieth century philosopher Karl Popper which seeks to persuade the reader of both the danger and the bankruptcy of the idea of historicism.