penury 音标拼音: [p'ɛnjʊri]
n . 贫困,贫穷
贫困,贫穷
penury n 1 :
a state of extreme poverty or destitution ; "
their indigence appalled him "; "
a general state of need exists among the homeless " [
synonym : {
indigence }, {
need }, {
penury }, {
pauperism },
{
pauperization }]
Penury \
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n . [
L .
penuria ;
cf .
Gr . ?
hunger , ?
poverty ,
need , ?
one who works for his daily bread ,
a poor man , ?
to work for one '
s daily bread ,
to be poor :
cf .
F .
p ['
e ]
nurie .]
1 .
Absence of resources ;
want ;
privation ;
indigence ;
extreme poverty ;
destitution . "
A penury of military forces ."
--
Bacon .
[
1913 Webster ]
They were exposed to hardship and penury . --
Sprat .
[
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It arises in neither from penury of thought .
--
Landor .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Penuriousness ;
miserliness . [
Obs .] --
Jer .
Taylor .
[
1913 Webster ]
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "
penury ":
bare cupboard ,
bare subsistence ,
beggarliness ,
beggary ,
deprivation ,
destitution ,
empty purse ,
grinding poverty ,
gripe ,
hand -
to -
mouth existence ,
homelessness ,
impecuniousness ,
impoverishment ,
indigence ,
lack ,
mendicancy ,
moneylessness ,
necessitousness ,
necessity ,
need ,
neediness ,
pauperism ,
pauperization ,
pinch ,
poorness ,
privation ,
want
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