penury

英 [ˈpenjəri]

美 [ˈpenjəri]

n.  贫困; 贫穷

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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 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。
• 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。
• On the Subsidy Policy and its Implementation for Penury Students during Compulsory Education Period in Guangdong Rural Areas
  广东省农村义务教育阶段贫困学生资助的政策与实施
• If a poor Chinese villager gets seriously ill it's a choice between treatment and penury – or dying.
  如果一个贫穷的中国村民得重病，在花钱治病还是治不起不治&等死中选择。
• 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。
• He was brought up in penury, without education.
  他从小一贫如洗，没有受过教育。
• 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。
• The aim of the model was to realize substantial development, and the main content was about structural social problems. The social cost model system included three parts: the cost of employment and penury, the cost of human capital and the saving cost by improving institution.
  在可持续发展的目标下，以结构性社会问题为对象的社会成本核算体系主要包括三个部分：就业与贫困成本、人力资本和制度节约成本。
• 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；
• 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。