A poverty-stricken person or place is suffering from the effects of being extremely poor.贫困的,一贫如洗的
Some beggars are neither poverty-stricken nor homeless.有些乞丐既不穷也并非无家可归。
There are few jobs for the peasants who have flooded into the cities from the poverty-stricken countryside in search of work.几乎没有什么工作可以提供给从贫困的乡下涌入城市谋生的农民。