penury的意思

penury

英式音标['pɛnjəri]
美式英标['penjʊrɪ]

基本解释

n. 贫困；贫穷

中文词源

penury 贫穷

来自拉丁语penuria,缺乏，稀少，来自paene,几乎，接近没有，词源同penumbra.引申词义物质缺乏，贫穷。

英文词源

penury (n.): c. 1400, from Latin penuria "want, need; scarcity," related to paene "scarcely."

实用例句

1. Hardship and penury wore him out before his time.: 受穷受苦使他未老先衰.

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.

3. He was brought up in penury, without education.: 他从小一贫如洗，没有受过教育。

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.

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.

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