the poor= poor people 谓语动词用复数形式
the poor是复数,冠词the+形容词,表示“......的一类人”。
例句:
The poor are more vulnerable to nature
例句:
The poor were looked down upon in the past.
the poor作主语,谓语动词用复数;“动词+介词”构成的短语在被动语态中不可省略介词。
the poor作主语,是复数。“the + 形容词”表示一类人,所以the poor作主语是复数,谓语动词也用复数,例如:
Even the poor have their pride. 即使是穷人也有他们的自尊(摘自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》)(本句中,the poor表示一类人,泛指“穷人”这个群体,是复数,所以谓语动词用了复数have)