"poverty trap" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "poverty traps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "poverty trap (plural poverty traps)",
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A self-reinforcing cycle which allows poverty to persist."
      ],
      "id": "en-poverty_trap-en-noun--OH7WIEG",
      "links": [
        [
          "self-",
          "self-"
        ],
        [
          "reinforcing",
          "reinforcing"
        ],
        [
          "cycle",
          "cycle"
        ],
        [
          "persist",
          "persist"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "cycle which allows poverty to persist",
          "word": "貧困陷阱"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "pínkùn xiànjǐng",
          "sense": "cycle which allows poverty to persist",
          "word": "贫困陷阱"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cycle which allows poverty to persist",
          "word": "köyhyysloukku"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "pagída tis ftóchias",
          "sense": "cycle which allows poverty to persist",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "παγίδα της φτώχιας"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "poverty trap"
}

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    {
      "form": "poverty traps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "poverty trap (plural poverty traps)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A self-reinforcing cycle which allows poverty to persist."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "self-",
          "self-"
        ],
        [
          "reinforcing",
          "reinforcing"
        ],
        [
          "cycle",
          "cycle"
        ],
        [
          "persist",
          "persist"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "cycle which allows poverty to persist",
      "word": "貧困陷阱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pínkùn xiànjǐng",
      "sense": "cycle which allows poverty to persist",
      "word": "贫困陷阱"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cycle which allows poverty to persist",
      "word": "köyhyysloukku"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pagída tis ftóchias",
      "sense": "cycle which allows poverty to persist",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "παγίδα της φτώχιας"
    }
  ],
  "word": "poverty trap"
}