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

• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was cradled in the lap of penury. Are the seeds of criminal behaviour sown early in life?
  他自幼生活在贫困的环境里。犯罪行为的根源是否始自幼时？
• 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。
• 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。
• He was brought up in penury, without education.
  他从小一贫如洗，没有受过教育。
• 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。
• Mass media should be efficient in the strategy of West China anti-penury.
  在西部反贫困战略中，大众传媒应有积极作为。