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
- 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。 - 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。 - They would face penury unless they could secure employment very soon.
除非他们能很快就业,否则将濒临赤贫的境地。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - On the Subsidy Policy and its Implementation for Penury Students during Compulsory Education Period in Guangdong Rural Areas
广东省农村义务教育阶段贫困学生资助的政策与实施 - 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? - 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 was reformed greatly in 1999, constituting Urumqi petrochemical company made up of good productive assets. An episode of illness may reduce a poor household to penury, especially when they have to sell their productive assets in order to cover health care outlays.
1999年经过较大的机构重组后,以生产性的优良资产为主组成了乌石化公司。一次疾病可以使一个贫困的家庭变得更加穷困,甚至也可以使富人变为贫困者;