underprivileged

🇬🇧/ˌʌndəˈprɪvəlɪdʒd/ 🇺🇸/ˌʌndərˈprɪvəlɪdʒd/📚 21658
Underprivileged people have less money and fewer possessions and opportunities than other people in their society. 贫穷的; 缺少机遇的

adjective [原级]贫困的,社会地位低下的,弱势的

...helping underprivileged children to learn to read.
...帮助穷困的孩子学习阅读。

noun [专属名词]弱势群体,贫困阶层(the underprivileged)

...government plans to make more jobs available to the underprivileged.
...政府计划为贫困的人提供更多的工作。

underdeveloped countries / regions …
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Tests do not compensate for gross social inequality, and thus do not tell how able an underprivileged youngster might have been had he grown up under more favorable circumstances. 测试并不弥补明显的社会不公,因此不能说明一个物质条件差的年轻人,如果在较好的环境下成长的话,会有多大才干。