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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - This is my prayer to thee, my lord-strike, strike at the root of penury in my heart.
这是我对你的祈求，我的主&请你铲除，铲除我心里贫乏的根源。 - 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。 - He was brought up in penury, without education.
他从小一贫如洗，没有受过教育。