penury
n.贫困,贫穷
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penury为短语/超纲词汇
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penury
/'penjʊrɪ; `pɛnjərɪ/
n [U] (fml 文) extreme poverty 贫穷
*living in penury 过着贫穷的生活
* reduced to penury 陷于贫困之中.
penury
n[U][
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Latin;Origin: penuria]
formal the state of being very poor
=
poverty He died in penury in 1644.>penurious [pɪ'njuəriəs (US) -'nur-/