English Dictionary

the poor we will always have with us

ことわざ

Poverty for some is inevitable.

日本語の意味

貧しい人々は常に存在するため、貧困は避けがたい現象である。

In her lecture on social policy she sighed, 'the poor we will always have with us,' and urged renewed efforts to reduce inequality.

社会政策に関する講義で彼女は「貧しい人々はいつも存在する」と嘆き、不平等を減らすためのさらなる努力を訴えた。

意味（1）

Poverty for some is inevitable.

These beggars on horseback — the poor we will always have with us as long as we give such alms - are forever at the elbows of the secretaries, representatives, senators. The people who pay are at work in their fields, out of sight, scattered over thousands of miles.