penury
英 [ˈpenjəri]
美 [ˈpenjəri]
n. 贫困; 贫穷
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.- He was brought up in penury, without education.
他从小一贫如洗,没有受过教育。
- He was brought up in penury, without education.
英英释义
noun
- a state of extreme poverty or destitution
- their indigence appalled him
- a general state of need exists among the homeless
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - God, when he gave the world in common to all mankind, commanded man also to labour, and the penury of his condition required it of him.
上帝,当他将这个世界赐给人类共有的时候,也令其必需劳动,而人的贫乏境况也会这样要求。 - 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 - 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。 - 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。