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

• a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  1. their indigence appalled him
  2. a general state of need exists among the homeless
  Synonym:indigenceneedpauperismpauperization

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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。