英 [ˈpenjəri] 美 [ˈpenjəri]
n. 贫困；贫穷
penury /ˈpɛnjʊrɪ/
不可数名词 Penury is the state of being extremely poor. 赤贫
He was brought up in penury, without education.
他从小一贫如洗，没有受过教育。
a state of extreme poverty or destitution
同义词： indigence / need / pauperism / pauperization
... pensive adj.沉思的,哀思的,忧沉的 penury n.贫穷 perceptible adj.可察觉的,能感觉得到的,看得见的 ...
... destitution 赤贫 penury 诘据 fought with bare fists: 赤手空拳的打斗 ...
... penultimate 倒数第二的 penury 贫穷；吝啬 perambulate 巡视；漫步 ...
penurious 吝啬的；缺乏的；贫困的
He was brought up in penury, without education.
他从小一贫如洗，没有受过教育。
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。
In other words, wealthy people, in an effort to alleviate penury, would create a savings bank.
换句话说，富人们要扶危济困，便建立了储蓄银行。
In other words, wealthy people, in an effort to alleviate penury, would create a savings bank.
换句话说,富人们要扶危济困,便建立了储蓄银行
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This opened the door for a power grab that eventually drove the state toward semi-permanent penury.
Today the former fighters live in penury as stateless refugees among the Israelis who betrayed them.
All these conditions left the expelled in a state of abject penury after weeks of suffering.