penury
英['penjəri]
美['penjəri]
- n. 贫穷；拮据
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详细释义
- 贫穷
- 缺乏
- 拮据
- 赤贫
- 贫乏
n. (名词)
英英释义
Noun:
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a state of extreme poverty or destitution;
"their indigence appalled him"
"a general state of need exists among the homeless"
双语例句
- 1. Hardship and penury wore him out before his time.
- 受穷受苦使他未老先衰.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. A succession of bad harvest had reduced the small farmer to penury.
- 连续歉收使得这个小农场主陷入了贫困境地.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. He was brought up in penury, without education.
- 他从小一贫如洗，没有受过教育。
来自辞典例句
- 4. A succession of bad harvests had reduced the small farmers to penury.
- 连年歉收使小农陷入了一贫如洗的困境.
来自互联网
- 5. He was talking about the embarrassment penury - and advocating higher salaries for MPs.
- 这席话意指当时议员们经济窘迫,并提倡提高议员待遇.
来自互联网
- Laid-off workers fall into penury.
下岗职工陷入贫困。 - He was cradled in the lap of penury .
他自幼生活在贫困的环境里。 - Hardship and penury wore him out before his time.
受穷受苦使他未老先衰。
用作名词 (n.)
相关词汇
- poverty 贫困
- necessity 需要
- indigence 贫穷
- destitution 穷困
- neediness 穷困
- impoverishment 贫穷
- pauperization 贫困化
- pauperism 有被救济的资格...
- need 需要
- luxury 奢侈品
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