the urban poor

基本解释

On a conservative estimate, food-price rises may reduce the spending power of the urban poor and country people who buy their own food by 20% (in some regions, prices are rising by far more).
保守的估计，粮食价格的上涨将城市的贫穷人口与农村人口的购买力减少20%（在一些地区，价格上涨更高）。
Attacks have been on the rise, mostly focused on rural areas and the urban poor.
袭击事件已经增多了，以前主要集中在乡村和城市的贫困区；而现在，激进分子不再袭击那些防御最为薄弱的地区了，转而袭击那些防御最为严密的地区。
However, the recent increase in grain prices – partly due to increased grain production for biofuels – is hurting real incomes among the urban poor.
然而，近期粮食涨价部分原因是由于生产生物燃料的粮食产量增加，伤害到城市贫民的实际收入。

His supporters, largely from the rural and urban poor, accuse the military and the nation's traditional elite of ignoring their concerns.
Bose's plight is familiar to millions of poor people, especially urban migrants who pour into the country's big cities every year, in search of work.
Mr.Thaksin,who was ousted in a coup in 2006,remains popular with the rural and urban poor.

But these are also, as in other developing countries, mainly problems of the urban poor.
ECONOMIST: Fat Mexico

城市贫民
The existence of the urban poor may very well lead to many social problems such as collective violence and prevalence of crime, posing an immense challenge for social stability.
城市贫民阶层的出现极易造成集体暴力和犯罪蔓延等社会问题,对社会的稳定形成巨大挑战。
法学
城镇贫困人口