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Mother Teresa "Being unloved is the greatest poverty"

 

We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.

Mother Teresa (1910-1997)

 

德蘭修女是著名天主教慈善工作家，主要替印度加爾各答的窮人服務，1979年獲諾貝爾和平獎，有「加爾各答的天使」的美譽。

 

poverty 貧困，貧窮

(noun 名詞)

 

► a poverty of sth …的貧乏，…的缺少；…的劣質

例子：There is a disappointing poverty of creativity in their work.

他們的工作缺乏創造性，令人失望。

 

remedy 療法，治療；補救（辦法），糾正（辦法）

(noun 名詞)

 

例子：The best remedy for grief is hard work.  排解憂傷的最好辦法就是努力工作。