Most of the people live well below the poverty level.

大多数人的生活水平远远低于贫困线。

About 40 percent of the people are below the poverty level.

这里大概40%的人都位于贫困线以下。

I get 1,100 dollars a month-puts me pretty close to, if not under, the poverty level.

我每个月有一千一百块美金－－就算没有在贫穷线下，也让我离贫穷线颇近了。

Nobody in the developed world comes remotely close to the poverty level that $1.25 a day represents.

在发达世界中，没有一个人略知每天1.25美元意味着怎样的贫困。

The poverty levels in this country are very high. Almost 52 percent of the population is living under a dollar a day.

这个国家的贫困程度很高。几乎52%的人口每天生活在一美元以下。

The Congressional Budget Office, a non-partisan government agency, estimates that increasing the minimum wage would help 900 million Americans by raising their earnings above the poverty level.

无党派政府机构国会预算办公室估计，提高最低工资将帮助9亿美国人增加收入，突破贫困线。

School officials say this program will help a system where 43% of the students live below the poverty level, and almost half who enter high school drop out.

学校官员说这个计划将帮助到这样一个群体，在该群体中43%的学生处于贫困水平以下，高中辍学率几近一半。