penury

英 [ˈpenjəri]

美 [ˈpenjəri]

n.  贫困; 贫穷

TOEFLGRE法律

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

• 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
• 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；
• He was brought up in penury, without education.
  他从小一贫如洗，没有受过教育。
• 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。
• 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。
• She found moving from her affluent home into student penury a very difficul texperience.
  她发现离开富裕的家过学生的拮据生活是一个非常困难的经历。
• 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。
• Strengthen the professional education to provide more employment, and promote the competing ability of the penury population.
  加强职业教育，提高贫困人口的就业竞争能力。
• 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。
• 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。