penury ['penjuri]

英汉解释

n. 贫困；贫穷

同义词

n. indigence，need，pauperism，pauperization

参考例句

1. Laid-off workers fall into penury .
下岗职工陷入贫困。
2. 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。
3. Many have escaped rural penury in China's interior to work as migrants in the booming factories and building sites of the coastal belt.
因为中国中部地区许多人们离开了贫困的农村来到快速发展的工厂以及沿海地区的建设工地打工。

英英解释

n.
  1. a state of extreme poverty or destitution

网络释义

penury
贫困; 贫困, 贫穷; 贫穷; 贫困， 贫穷;
The Penury Percussionist
贫困的打击乐乐手;
penury and want
贫乏;
need distress penury poverty want
贫困;
indigent penurious penury impecunious improvished needy down-and -out penniless wretched destitute bankrupt
贫困的，贫乏的，没钱的--;