destitution

详细解释:n. 穷困, 贫穷, 缺乏

英语解释：

名词 destitution:

a state without friends or money or prospects

例句：

The few packages of food seemed a mockery in the face of such enormous destitution.对于众多赤贫的人们，这几袋食物简直是杯水车薪