penury是什么意思

penury

英 ['penjʊrɪ] 美 ['pɛnjəri]

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"。

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。

penury (n.): c. 1400, from Latin penuria "want, need; scarcity," related to paene "scarcely."

1. Hardship and penury wore him out before his time.

受穷受苦使他未老先衰.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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.

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.