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
- 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。 - There are five parts in this paper: The first part stresses the mutual action of economy, society, environment and penury based on general definition of penury.
第一部分在讨论贫困一般定义的基础上，重点研究贫困与经济、社会及环境的相互作用。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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； - 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 - 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。 - She found moving from her affluent home into student penury a very difficul texperience.
她发现离开富裕的家过学生的拮据生活是一个非常困难的经历。 - Distress, if not penury, loomed in the distance.
如果说还不会马上贫穷，那么烦恼已经在不远的地方出现了。