penury
penury 英 [ˈpenjəri] 美 [ˈpɛnjəri]
n. 贫困；贫穷
名词复数:penuries
- Penury means extreme poverty to the point of homelessness and begging in the streets. Economic downturns, job loss, shopping sprees, and weekends at the high rollers' table in Vegas can lead to penury.
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- n. 贫困；贫穷
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1. live in penury
生活拮据
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2. Hardship and penury wore him out before his time.
受穷受苦使他未老先衰。
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3. 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。
- penury (n.) c. 1400, from Latin penuria "want, need; scarcity," related to paene "scarcely, nearly" (see penitence).
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