pauperism
n. 有被救济的资格,贫困
1. a state of extreme poverty or destitution;
He becomes a pauper , and pauperism develops more rapidly than population and wealth.
工人变成赤贫者,贫困比人口和财富增长得还要快.
Their women and children suffer, and their old age is branded with pauperism.
他们的妻儿受苦, 他们的晚年注定要依靠救济过活.