记忆方法
1、pen- "almost" => is not enough, is unsatisfactory, scarce.
2、pen- + -ury.
3、由此得出该词含义为：want, need, scarcity.
4. penury(贫穷)，发音：贫奴→当然是贫穷的
5. "贫有理"。
2、pen- + -ury.
3、由此得出该词含义为：want, need, scarcity.
4. penury(贫穷)，发音：贫奴→当然是贫穷的
5. "贫有理"。
中文词源
penury 贫穷
来自拉丁语penuria,缺乏，稀少，来自paene,几乎，接近没有，词源同penumbra.引申词义物质缺乏，贫穷。
英语词源
- penury (n.)
- c. 1400, from Latin penuria "want, need; scarcity," related to paene "scarcely."
权威例句
- 1. Hardship and penury wore him out before his time.
- 受穷受苦使他未老先衰.
- 2. A succession of bad harvest had reduced the small farmer to penury.
- 连续歉收使得这个小农场主陷入了贫困境地.
- 3. He was brought up in penury, without education.
- 他从小一贫如洗，没有受过教育。
- 4. A succession of bad harvests had reduced the small farmers to penury.
- 连年歉收使小农陷入了一贫如洗的困境.
- 5. He was talking about the embarrassment penury - and advocating higher salaries for MPs.
- 这席话意指当时议员们经济窘迫,并提倡提高议员待遇.
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