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
- 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。 - It was reformed greatly in 1999, constituting Urumqi petrochemical company made up of good productive assets. 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.
1999年经过较大的机构重组后，以生产性的优良资产为主组成了乌石化公司。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； - Hardship and penury wore him out before his time.
受穷受苦使他未老先衰。 - 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。 - A Study of Urban Penury in China in the Period of Transformation
转型期的中国城市贫困问题研究 - 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？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。