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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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.
  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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。