According to World Bank figures, 41 percent of Brazilians live in absolute poverty.

根据世界银行的统计数字，41％的巴西人生活在极度贫困之中。

Since he took office in 2003, absolute poverty has dropped markedly.

自他2003年就职以来，绝对贫困已经显著下降。

Even those in absolute poverty care about their relative standing.

甚至那些一贫如洗者也关心他们的相对名声地位。

Hundreds of millions of people have been dragged out of absolute poverty.

数以亿计的人们摆脱了绝对贫穷。

Some 400 million fewer people live in absolute poverty today than in 1990.

当前，全世界绝对贫困人口数量比1990年减少了4亿左右。