penury

英['penjəri] 美['penjəri]
  • n. 贫穷；拮据
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详细释义

    n. (名词)
    1. 贫穷
    2. 缺乏
    3. 拮据
    4. 赤贫
    5. 贫乏

英英释义

Noun:
  1. 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

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Laid-off workers fall into penury.
      下岗职工陷入贫困。
    2. He was cradled in the lap of penury .
      他自幼生活在贫困的环境里。
    3. Hardship and penury wore him out before his time.
      受穷受苦使他未老先衰。

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