Britain has suffered from a poverty of ambition.是什么意思？

Britain has suffered from a poverty of ambition.

英国一直缺乏远大理想。

Britain

n. 不列颠，英国；

例句
Recycling is an issue that has come of age in Britain in the last decade.
回收利用是上个十年中被英国民众广泛认可的观念。

has

v. 有( have的第三人称单数 )，（亲属关系中）接受，拿，买到；

例句
...the operation a patient has had.
病人做过的手术

suffered

v. 受痛苦( suffer的过去式和过去分词 )，受损害，变糟，变差；

例句
She suffered from anaemia and even required blood transfusions.
她患有贫血症，甚至需要输血。

from

prep. （表示时间）从…，（表示原因）因为，（表示来源）来自…，（表示分离）与…分离[隔开]；

例句
...an abortive attempt to prevent the current President from taking office.
企图阻止现任总统连任的失败尝试

poverty

n. 贫穷，缺乏，不足，贫瘠，不毛，低劣；

例句
The poverty figures were undoubtedly an embarrassment to the president.
贫困数字毫无疑问让总统非常难堪。

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

ambition

n. 抱负，渴望得到的东西，追求的目标，夙愿；vt. 追求，有…野心；

例句
His ambition is to sail round the world...
他的梦想是环球航行。