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

• 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。
• He was brought up in penury, without education.
  他从小一贫如洗，没有受过教育。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• A succession of bad harvest had reduced the small farmer to penury.
  连续歉收使得这个小农场主陷入了贫困境地。
• 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。
• Cooperative Medical System ( CMS) is one kind of community capital. By sharing in disease burden, CMS ensure peasant's basic demand for health service, reduce the occurrence of penury due to disease, especially in poor rural areas.
  合作医疗是一种社区筹资，它通过对疾病负担的分摊，保障农村、尤其是农村贫困地区居民的基本卫生服务需求，减缓农民因病致贫、因病返贫的发生。
• 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。