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indigence
noun[ U ]
formaluk /ˈɪn.dɪ.dʒəns/ us /ˈɪn.dɪ.dʒəns/
the state of being very poor: 赤贫
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。
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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.
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