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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - While central Burma has been driven into penury by economic mismanagement and sanctions, areas such as Mong La, which lies at the heart of the golden triangle, have profited from drug trafficking and, more latterly, gambling.
由于经济管理不善和制裁的原因，缅甸中部地区陷入了一贫如洗的境地，但勐拉等金三角中心地区，却受惠于毒品买卖以及后来兴起的博彩业。 - 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。 - She found moving from her affluent home into student penury a very difficul texperience.
她发现离开富裕的家过学生的拮据生活是一个非常困难的经历。 - 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。 - He was brought up in penury, without education.
他从小一贫如洗，没有受过教育。