indigence

英 [ˈɪn.dɪ.dʒəns]      美 [ˈɪn.dɪ.dʒəns]
  • n. 穷困;贫乏;贫穷
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indigence (n.)
late 14c., from Old French indigence "indigence, need, privation" (13c.), from Latin indigentia "need, want; insatiable desire," from indigentem (nominative indigens), present participle of indigere "to need," from indu "in, within" + egere "be in need, want," from PIE *eg- "to lack" (cognates: Old Norse ekla "want, lack," Old High German eccherode "thin, weak").
1. His present indigence is a sufficient punishment for former folly.
他现在所受的困苦足够惩罚他从前的胡作非为了.
2. The luxury of one class is counterbalanced by the indigence of another.
一个阶级的奢侈全靠另一个阶级的贫苦来维持.
3. Dickens contrasts the opulence of France's nobility with indigence of her peasants.
锹更斯比较法兰西贵族的富裕与其农民的贫穷.
4. Their indigence appalled him.
他们的贫穷让他震惊.
5. Dickens contrasts the opulence of Frances nobility with the indigence of her peasants.
狄更斯将法兰西贵族的富裕与农民的贫穷作了对比.

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