poverty level

基本解釋

The poverty level for a single mother with two children is currently about $17,500 a year.
目前，對一名帶著兩個孩子的單身母親來說，貧困線是年收入大約在17，500美元。
The numbers of those below the poverty level of $1.25 a day, which had been falling consistently in the 1990s, rose sharply in 2007-08.
而生活水平在1.25美元/天貧困線下的人口數(shù)量，從上世紀90年代以來持續(xù)下降，但2007~2008年又急劇上升。
There will be subsidies for those who earn less than two-and-a-half times the federal poverty level, or $42,925 for a family of three, and tax credits for the more affluent.
對收入不到聯(lián)邦貧困線2.5倍的家庭，或收入低于42925美元的三口之家將給予補助，對較為富裕的家庭將提供免稅額度(Tax Credits)。

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