penury
英 [ˈpenjəri]
美 [ˈpenjəri]
n. 贫困; 贫穷
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.- He was brought up in penury, without education.
他从小一贫如洗,没有受过教育。
- He was brought up in penury, without education.
英英释义
noun
- a state of extreme poverty or destitution
- their indigence appalled him
- a general state of need exists among the homeless
双语例句
- A Study of Urban Penury in China in the Period of Transformation
转型期的中国城市贫困问题研究 - 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。 - It was reformed greatly in 1999, constituting Urumqi petrochemical company made up of good productive assets. 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.
1999年经过较大的机构重组后,以生产性的优良资产为主组成了乌石化公司。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; - Distress, if not penury, loomed in the distance.
如果说还不会马上贫穷,那么烦恼已经在不远的地方出现了。 - Not just because they can afford to – Greek middle class penury will not trigger a financial market meltdown – but because it could finally force the Greek political class to face the truth.
这不仅因为这些国家承担得起后果希腊中产阶级的贫困不会引发金融市场崩溃还因为这么做能够最终迫使希腊政治阶层面对现实。 - 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。 - This is a tremendous achievement of the western model; its permanent abolition of material penury makes it more attractive still.
这是西方模式取得的巨大成就;同时,它永久地消除了物质匮乏,这更增添了它的吸引力。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。