英汉词典

penury 基本解释

• n. 贫困；贫穷

penury 中文词源

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。

penury 英文词源

penury (n.)

c. 1400, from Latin penuria "want, need; scarcity," related to paene "scarcely."

penury 英文释义

1. a state of extreme poverty or destitution;

"their indigence appalled him"

"a general state of need exists among the homeless"

penury 双语例句

1. Hardship and penury wore him out before his time.

受穷受苦使他未老先衰.

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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.

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3. He was brought up in penury, without education.

他从小一贫如洗，没有受过教育。

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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.

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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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penury 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.

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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.

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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.

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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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He who sows misery, reaps but penury!

他造成悲惨!他造成贫穷!

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The family lived in penury.

那家人生活贫困.

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He was cradled in the lap of penury.

他自幼生活在贫困的环境里.

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How can we quit penury?

我们怎样才能摆脱贫困?

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Laid - off workers fall into penury.

下岗 职工陷入贫困.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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