penury
贫困
常用释义
英音[ ˈpenjəri ]
美音[ ˈpenjəri ]
基本释义
- n. 贫困；贫穷
例句
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1·He was brought up in penury, without education.他从小一贫如洗，没有受过教育。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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2·Laid-off workers fall into penury.下岗职工陷入贫困。
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3·Extreme poverty; penury.赤贫极度贫穷；
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4·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。
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5·Chris is a black young salesman, who lives in penury with his wife and son.克里斯是一名年轻的黑人推销员，和老婆还有幼子过着拮据的日子。
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6·Mr Thomas was born in penury and grew up with bare feet and intestinal worms.托马斯出身微寒，伴着光脚丫儿、肚里住着蛔虫的日子长大。
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7·However, his finances remained precarious, with periods of prosperity and of penury.然而，他的经济状况始终不稳定，时而富裕，时而贫困。
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8·This is my prayer to thee, my Lord — strike, strike at the root of penury in my heart.这是我对你的祈求，我的主——请你铲除，铲除我心里贫乏的根源。
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9·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。
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10·In other words, wealthy people, in an effort to alleviate penury, would create a savings bank.换句话说，富人们要扶危济困，便建立了储蓄银行。
同根词
词根：
penury
penurious
adj
吝啬的；缺乏的；贫困的