penury

英 [ˈpenjəri]

美 [ˈpenjəri]

n.  贫困; 贫穷

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BNC.32945 / COCA.32763

牛津词典

noun

• 贫困；贫穷
  the state of being very poor

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 赤贫
  Penuryis the state of being extremely poor.
  1. He was brought up in penury, without education.
     他从小一贫如洗，没有受过教育。

英英释义

noun

• a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  1. their indigence appalled him
  2. a general state of need exists among the homeless
  Synonym:indigenceneedpauperismpauperization

双语例句

• China is no longer the destination for those looking to accumulate hardship tales of scarcity, penury and adversity overcome.
  中国不再是那些为了填补传奇故事的空白，克服贫瘠和坎坷的族人的目的地了。
• 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。
• For months, Mabel had been servantless in the big house, keeping the home together in penury for her ineffectual brothers.
  几个月以来，马贝尔就在这所冷冷清清的大房子里艰难地照料这三个承担不起家业的哥兄弟。
• However, in latter-day China, poverty of the country and penury of its people, and lack of communal awareness of the society became the key restrictive factors of the donative effects.
  但是，近代中国的国贫民穷和社会公共意识缺乏，成为制约募捐效果的主要因素。
• They would face penury unless they could secure employment very soon.
  除非他们能很快就业，否则将濒临赤贫的境地。
• God, when he gave the world in common to all mankind, commanded man also to labour, and the penury of his condition required it of him.
  上帝，当他将这个世界赐给人类共有的时候，也令其必需劳动，而人的贫乏境况也会这样要求。
• There are five parts in this paper: The first part stresses the mutual action of economy, society, environment and penury based on general definition of penury.
  第一部分在讨论贫困一般定义的基础上，重点研究贫困与经济、社会及环境的相互作用。
• While central Burma has been driven into penury by economic mismanagement and sanctions, areas such as Mong La, which lies at the heart of the golden triangle, have profited from drug trafficking and, more latterly, gambling.
  由于经济管理不善和制裁的原因，缅甸中部地区陷入了一贫如洗的境地，但勐拉等金三角中心地区，却受惠于毒品买卖以及后来兴起的博彩业。
• An episode of illness may reduce a poor household to penury, especially when they have to sell their productive assets in order to cover health care outlays.
  一次疾病可以使一个贫困的家庭变得更加穷困，甚至也可以使富人变为贫困者；
• Hardship and penury wore him out before his time.
  受穷受苦使他未老先衰。