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penury

英 ['penjʊrɪ] 美['pɛnjəri]

n. 贫困；贫穷

近义词 necessity

反义词 luxury

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英英释义

1. a state of extreme poverty or destitution;: "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"

实用场景例句

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

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.

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.

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.

He who sows misery, reaps but penury!: 他造成悲惨!他造成贫穷!

The family lived in penury.: 那家人生活贫困.

He was cradled in the lap of penury.: 他自幼生活在贫困的环境里.

How can we quit penury?: 我们怎样才能摆脱贫困?

Laid - off workers fall into penury.: 下岗职工陷入贫困.

First of all, raising the price only can limited many persons living in penury.: 首先, 提高价格只能限制许多生活穷苦的人.

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.

In all labour there is profit : but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.: 23诸般勤劳,都有益处.嘴上多言,乃致穷乏.

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。

助记提示

1、pen- "almost" => is not enough, is unsatisfactory, scarce.
2、pen- + -ury.
3、由此得出该词含义为：want, need, scarcity.
4. penury(贫穷)，发音：贫奴→当然是贫穷的
5. "贫有理"。

双语例句

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.

英文词源

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

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