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penury是什么意思，penury怎么读

penury基本信息

读法：英 ["penjʊrɪ] 美 ["pɛnjəri]

释义：

  • n. 贫困；贫穷

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    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"

    • 中英词源

    penury 贫穷

    来自拉丁语penuria,缺乏，稀少，来自paene,几乎，接近没有，词源同penumbra.引申词义物质缺乏，贫穷。

    penury (n.)
    c. 1400, from Latin penuria "want, need; scarcity," related to paene "scarcely."

    词态变化

    权威造句

    1. Hardship and penury wore him out before his time.
    受穷受苦使他未老先衰.

    来自《简明英汉词典》

    2. 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.

    来自《简明英汉词典》

    3. He was brought up in penury, without education.
    他从小一贫如洗，没有受过教育。

    来自辞典例句

    4. A succession of bad harvests had reduced the small farmers to penury.
    连年歉收使小农陷入了一贫如洗的困境.

    来自互联网

    5. He was talking about the embarrassment penury - and advocating higher salaries for MPs.
    这席话意指当时议员们经济窘迫,并提倡提高议员待遇.

    来自互联网wwW.wENTiyI.com

    近反义词

  • poverty 贫困
  • necessity 需要
  • indigence 贫穷
  • destitution 穷困
  • neediness 穷困
  • impoverishment 贫穷
  • pauperization 贫困化
  • pauperism 有被救济的资格...
  • need 需要

    • 相似短语

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    单词分析

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    记忆方法

    1、pen- "almost" => is not enough, is unsatisfactory, scarce.
    2、pen- + -ury.
    3、由此得出该词含义为：want, need, scarcity.
    4. penury(贫穷)，发音：贫奴→当然是贫穷的
    5. "贫有理"。

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