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

• 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。
• 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。
• He was brought up in penury, without education.
  他从小一贫如洗，没有受过教育。
• For the reason causing the urban penury is complex and various, so we should consider this problem extensively: offer social aid to urban penury population;
  由于城市贫困现象日趋严重的原因是多样的和复杂的，因此要缓解城市贫困问题必须从多方面入手：为城市贫困人口提供社会救助；
• 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。
• 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。
• For months, Mabel had been servantless in the big house, keeping the home together in penury for her ineffectual brothers.
  几个月以来，马贝尔就在这所冷冷清清的大房子里艰难地照料这三个承担不起家业的哥兄弟。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。