penury

[美國]/ˈpenjəri/
[英國]/ˈpenjəri/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

n. 赤貧, 缺乏
Word Forms
複數penuries

例句

Hardship and penury wore him out before his time.

受窮受苦使他未老先衰。

destitution, indigence, need, neediness, pauperism, pauperization, penury (en) - impecuniousness, pennilessness, penuriousness (en)[Dériv

缺錢,缺錢,貧窮的,身無分文的,貧窮的,身無分文的,(錢)不多,(錢)不多

The family fell into penury after the breadwinner lost his job.

這個家庭在主要經濟支柱失業後陷入貧困。

The charity aims to help those living in penury.

這家慈善機構旨在幫助那些生活在貧困中的人。

She worked hard to lift her family out of penury.

她努力工作,想讓家人擺脫貧困。

The penury in the region was exacerbated by the recent economic downturn.

該地區的貧困狀況因最近的經濟衰退而惡化。

Many elderly people are living in penury due to inadequate retirement funds.

許多老年人由於退休金不足而生活在貧困中。

The novel depicts the protagonist's struggle to overcome penury and achieve success.

這部小說描繪了主人公克服貧困、取得成功的鬥爭。

The government implemented programs to alleviate penury in the rural areas.

政府實施了減輕農村貧困的計劃。

Despite his penury, he remained generous and kind-hearted.

儘管貧困,他仍然慷慨和善良。

The documentary sheds light on the challenges faced by those living in penury.

這部紀錄片揭示了生活在貧困中的人面臨的挑戰。

Education is often seen as a way out of penury for many families.

教育常被許多家庭視爲擺脫貧困的出路。

原聲例句

Luxury and penury have always coexisted there in uneasy tension.

奢華和貧困兩種現象一直以來都並存於這個城市,其緊張關係也令人不安。

來源: The Economist (Summary)

His is a world of violence, random death, corruption, hunger and penury.

他的世界充斥着暴力、隨機死亡、腐敗、飢餓和貧窮。

來源: The Economist (Summary)

Had he stopped there, he would have faced a life on the edge of penury.

如果他就停在那裏,他將會面臨一生的窮困潦倒。

來源: The Economist (Summary)

Ashamed that she was poor and reduced to galling shifts and penury and work that negroes should do.

她因爲窮了,淪落到了不擇手段,吝嗇和幹黑人乾的活兒,所以覺得恥辱呀!

來源: Gone with the Wind

'Everything except this penury, ' replied Louis, unmoved.

“一切,除了這個貧窮, ” 路易斯不爲所動地回答。

來源: Lovers in the Tower (Part Two)

Remembering the bitter hungry days at Tara and her more recent penury, Scarlett felt that she could never eat enough of these rich dishes.

思嘉想到過去在塔拉捱餓的苦日子,又想到不久前拮据的生活,喫起這些豐盛的菜餚來,覺得老也喫不夠。

來源: Gone with the Wind

I should have wrecked and wasted in one way or another, either by penury or by luxury.

我應該以這樣或那樣的方式破壞和浪費, 無論是因爲貧窮還是奢侈。

來源: News from Wuyou Township (Part 2)

By supplementing public coverage with private policies, the government hopes that people may just manage to escape penury in their old age.

通過私人保險和公共計劃疊加的方法,中國政府希望人們到年老後可以脫貧。

來源: The Economist (Summary)

Meanwhile, the former is a high-wire act in which we fantasise generating an income from what we deeply love and yet we constantly fear penury and humiliation.

同時,前者的難度則要大得多,我們渴望能夠從我們熱愛的事物中獲得收入,但我們又不斷地害怕貧窮和羞辱。

來源: The school of life

The government doesn't want to help all its citizens get out of penury, help them live a dignified life, dignified, because the salaries, salaries must be salaries.

政府並不想幫助所有民衆擺脫貧困,或是幫他們過上有尊嚴的生活,人們的薪資必須是實實在在的薪資。

來源: BBC Listening December 2018 Collection

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