penury
n. 贫穷；拮据
近义词：poverty，necessity，indigence，destitution，neediness，impoverishment，pauperization，pauperism，need，luxury，
详细释义
n.(名词)
- 贫穷
- 缺乏
- 拮据
- 赤贫
- 贫乏
英英释义
Noun
- a state of extreme poverty or destitution;
"their indigence appalled him" "a general state of need exists among the homeless"
例句
用作名词(n.)
- Laid-off workers fall into penury.下岗职工陷入贫困。
- He was cradled in the lap of penury .他自幼生活在贫困的环境里。
- Hardship and penury wore him out before his time.受穷受苦使他未老先衰。