...a poverty of ideas.是什么意思？

...a poverty of ideas.

思想贫乏

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。

ideas

总念；

例句
An important set of ideas have been advanced by the biologist Rupert Sheldrake.
生物学家鲁珀特·谢尔德雷克已提出了一整套重要的观点。