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欢迎收听美国之音“新闻词汇”。
This word comes from a report from the World Bank.
这个单词出自世界银行的一份报告。
It says this is one cause of extreme poverty: inequality.
报告说这是导致极度贫穷的一个原因：不平等。
The World Bank says stronger efforts to ease inequality are important to reducing extreme poverty around the globe.
世界银行说，为了减少世界各地的极度贫穷，加大力度缓解不平等现象很重要。
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim says inequality is a barrier to reducing world poverty to 3% world-wide by 2030.
世界银行行长金勇说，不平等现象阻碍了在2030年前将世界贫穷人口减少到3%目标的实现。
Inequality overall is far too high.
不平等现象的总体程度太高了。

Inequality is a situation that is not balanced.
不平等就是一种不平衡的局面。
Inequality is when some people have more rights or better chances at life than other people.
不平等的意思就是当一些人在生活中拥有的的权利或者好机会比其他人多。