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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

      双语例句

      • Hardship and penury wore him out before his time.
        受穷受苦使他未老先衰。
      • 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?
      • 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 the reason causing the urban penury is complex and various, so we should consider this problem extensively: offer social aid to urban penury population;
        由于城市贫困现象日趋严重的原因是多样的和复杂的,因此要缓解城市贫困问题必须从多方面入手:为城市贫困人口提供社会救助;
      • 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。
      • The number of penury students was sharp enlarged by the college recruit and the increasing education charge. In order to lighten their economic pressure and realize educational equity, native supporting-education loan policy was implemented since 1999 in my country.
        高校扩招和高等教育收费使得高校贫困生数量急剧增大,为了减轻贫困生的经济压力,实现教育公平,1999年起我国开始实施国家助学贷款政策。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。