penury中文什么意思

n.
1.贫穷；缺乏 (of)。
2.吝啬。

• the penury percussionist:    贫困的打击乐乐手336
• 168．the penury percussionist:    贫困的打击乐乐手

例句与用法

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1. Hardship and penury wore him out before his time
   受穷受苦使他未老先衰。
2. Peoples in africa are living in penury
   非洲的人民过着贫穷的生活。
3. In all labour there is profit ： but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury
   23诸般勤劳，都有益处。嘴上多言，乃致穷乏。
4. 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。
5. 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。

英文释义

名词

1. a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"
   同义词：indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization