A woman pulls a cart laden with merchandise on Nanjing Road in Shanghai as motor traffic passes in the background, Aug 18, 1972.
13.贫穷的（poor [pʊə]）
needy ['niːdɪ]
【例句】Needy and handicapped people depend on government relief for their support.
【翻译】穷人和残疾人依靠政府的救济维持生计。
impoverished [ɪm'pɒvərɪʃt]
【例句】The rural people have been impoverished by a collapsing economy.
【翻译】经济崩溃使农村地区的人们一贫如洗。
in poverty ['pɒvətɪ]
【例句】He was bred up in poverty.
【翻译】他是在贫苦的生活环境中长大的。
A woman with a child on her bicycle navigates through snarled traffic in Beijing's central business district on July 1, 2008..
14.富裕的（rich [rɪtʃ]）
wealthy ['welθɪ]
【例句】All of them came from wealthy, upper class families.
【翻译】他们全部来自富有的上流社会家庭。
well-heeled ['wel'hi:ld]
【例句】Both families are reasonably well-heeled and comfortably-off.
【翻译】两家人都相当富有,都生活得很舒适。
well-to-do
【例句】She comes from a well-to-do family.
【翻译】她出身于一个小康之家。
A journalist photographs bullet trains in Shanghai for a new high-speed railway linking Shanghai and Hangzhou before the start of the service, Oct 26, 2010.
15.大的（big [bɪg]）
vast [vɑːst]
【例句】The pollution has already turned vast areas into a wasteland.
【翻译】污染已经使大片地区沦为不毛之地。
massive ['mæsɪv]
【例句】We needed to reskill our workforce to cope with massive technological change.
【翻译】我们得让工人学习新技能，以应对巨大的技术变革。
enormous [ɪ'nɔːməs]
【例句】The enormous difficulty makes him cynical about the feasibility of the idea.
【翻译】巨大的困难让他对这个主意是否可行持怀疑态度。
People drive an electric compact car they rented on a road in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, Oct 23, 2013.
16.新的 (new [njuː])
brand-new [brænd]
【例句】Net Electronic Map has become a brand-new way for showing the geographic information.
【翻译】网上电子地图已成为一种全新的地理信息展示方式。
fresh [freʃ]
【例句】The company seemed set to make a fresh start under a new broom.
【翻译】公司似乎准备在新任领导的带领下开创新局面。
novel ['nɒv(ə)l]
【例句】Protesters found a novel way of demonstrating against steeply rising oil prices.
【翻译】抗议者找到了抗议油价飞涨的新办法。