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。 - 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； - For the reason causing the urban penury is complex and various, so we should consider this problem extensively: offer social aid to urban penury population;
由于城市贫困现象日趋严重的原因是多样的和复杂的，因此要缓解城市贫困问题必须从多方面入手：为城市贫困人口提供社会救助； - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - If a poor Chinese villager gets seriously ill it's a choice between treatment and penury – or dying.
如果一个贫穷的中国村民得重病，在花钱治病还是治不起不治&等死中选择。 - 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。 - 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。