英语释义

• a state of extreme poverty or destitution;

  "their indigence appalled him"

  "a general state of need exists among the homeless"

片语

penury affluence贫困

Penury y贫穷

penury students贫困生

The Penury Percussionist贫困的打击乐乐手

information penury信息贫困

penury of thought思想的贫乏

in penury生活贫困

poverty贫困；困难；缺少；低劣

want需要；缺少

urban penury城市贫困问题

penury of table食物的缺乏

英汉例句

• He was talking about the embarrassment penury - and advocating higher salaries for MPs.

  这席话意指当时议员们经济窘迫，并提倡提高议员待遇。

• In other words, the suits on Wall Street gambled the country into penury and George Bush failed to stop them.

  这就是说，华尔街的精英们拿国家作赌注，结果却输了个精光，而布什对这一切竟坐视不管。

• 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。

• 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。

• 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。

• Chris is a black young salesman, who lives in penury with his wife and son.

  克里斯是一名年轻的黑人推销员，和老婆还有幼子过着拮据的日子。

• 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——请你根除，根除我心里贫穷的根基。

• The marriage began in penury though things looked up after 1952 when Newton became the first contract photographer for American Vogue.

  他们的婚后生活起初比较贫苦，但自从1952年牛顿成为《时尚》美国版的首位签约摄影师之后情况就有所好转。

• 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。

• 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。

• It led to a condition of penury which led him briefly into a debtor's prison, a thing I have always dreaded.

  这直接导致了父亲极度的贫困，也使他被投入负债人监狱，监禁了一段时间，这是一件我一直害怕的事。

• The mental issues of penury students in countryside senior high school mainly are: self-contempt, dumps and interpersonal difficulties;

  农村高中贫困生心理问题的表现主要是：自卑、抑郁、人际交往困难；

• 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。

相似词

poverty贫困；困难；缺少；低劣

necessity需要；必然性；必需品

相反词

luxury奢侈的