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penury

n.贫困,贫穷

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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-/