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
- 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。 - Hardship and penury wore him out before his time.
受穷受苦使他未老先衰。 - A Study of Urban Penury in China in the Period of Transformation
转型期的中国城市贫困问题研究 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 - 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； - 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。 - 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。 - 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。