destitution [ˌdɛstɪˈtuʃən, -ˈtju-]

例句:

• We're at risk of consigning the poorest to a decade of destitution.
  来自THETIMES
• The people lived in destitution.
  民生凋敝.
  
• His drinking led him to a life of destitution.
  酗酒导致他生活贫穷。
  
• He reach the excess of destitution from which he never rose again.
  他走到了贫困的极端,从此一蹶不振.
  
• We also agree that it is a destitution line.
  来自VOA
• Their report warned that the system was driving children and families into destitution.
  来自BBC