penury

US [ˈpenjʊri]
UK [ˈpenjəri]
  • n.贫困；贫穷
  • Web吝啬；赤贫；缺乏

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penury
n.
1.
贫困；贫穷the state of being very poor

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AllAll,贫困贫困,贫穷贫穷,吝啬吝啬,赤贫赤贫,缺乏缺乏
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1.
God, when he gave the world in common to all mankind, commanded man also to labour, and the penury of his condition required it of him.
上帝，当他将这个世界赐给人类共有的时候，也令其必需劳动，而人的贫乏境况也会这样要求。
shàng dì , dāng tā jiāng zhè ge shì jiè cì gěi rén lèi gòng yǒu de shí hou , yě lìng qí bì xū láo dòng , ér rén de pín fá jìng kuàng yě huì zhè yàng yāo qiú 。
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2.
China is no longer the destination for those looking to accumulate hardship tales of scarcity, penury and adversity overcome.
中国不再是那些为了填补传奇故事的空白，克服贫瘠和坎坷的族人的目的地了。
zhōng guó bú zài shì nà xiē wèi le tián bǔ chuán qí gù shi de kòng bái , kè fú pín jí hé kǎn kě de zú rén de mù dì dì le 。
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3.
It led to a condition of penury which led him briefly into a debtor's prison, a thing I have always dreaded.
这直接导致了父亲极度的贫困，也使他被投入负债人监狱，监禁了一段时间，这是一件我一直害怕的事。
zhè zhí jiē dǎo zhì le fù qīn jí dù de pín kùn , yě shǐ tā bèi tóu rù fù zhài rén jiān yù , jiān jìn le yí duàn shí jiān , zhè shì yī jiàn wǒ yì zhí hài pà de shì 。
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4.
One woman we talked to had started in such penury that four of her children had died of starvation or disease.
我们和另一个女人聊过。一开始，她穷困潦倒，有四个孩子或死于饥饿，或死于疾病。
wǒ men hé lìng yī gè nǚ rén liáo guò 。 yī kāi shǐ , tā qióng kùn liáo dǎo , yǒu sì gè hái zi huò sǐ yú jī è , huò sǐ yú jí bìng 。
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5.
It has stymied every effort towards economic reform, deterring investors and letting the country slide more deeply into penury and debt.
它阻碍了经济改革的各项工作，吓退了投资者，使国家越来越深地陷入贫困与债务的深渊。
tā zǔ ài le jīng jì gǎi gé de gè xiàng gōng zuò , xià tuì le tóu zī zhě , shǐ guó jiā yuè lái yuè shēn de xiàn rù pín kùn yǔ zhài wù de shēn yuān 。
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6.
The marriage began in penury though things looked up after 1952 when Newton became the first contract photographer for American Vogue.
他们的婚后生活起初比较贫苦，但自从1952年牛顿成为《时尚》美国版的首位签约摄影师之后情况就有所好转。
tā men de hūn hòu shēng huó qǐ chū bǐ jiào pín kǔ , dàn zì cóng yī jiǔ wǔ èr nián niú dùn chéng wéi 《 shí shàng 》 měi guó bǎn de shǒu wèi qiān yuē shè yǐng shī zhī hòu qíng kuàng jiù yǒu suǒ hǎo zhuǎn 。
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7.
The penury once even prompted a staff member to suggest operating a taxi company to generate revenue.
资金拮据甚至一度促使一名工作人员建议经营一家出租车公司产生收益。
zī jīn jié jū shèn zhì yí dù cù shǐ yī míng gōng zuò rén yuán jiàn yì jīng yíng yì jiā chū zū chē gōng sī chǎn shēng shōu yì 。
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8.
This is a tremendous achievement of the western model; its permanent abolition of material penury makes it more attractive still.
这是西方模式取得的巨大成就；同时，它永久地消除了物质匮乏，这更增添了它的吸引力。
zhè shì xī fāng mó shì qǔ dé de jù dà chéng jiù ; tóng shí , tā yǒng jiǔ de xiāo chú le wù zhì kuì fá , zhè gèng zēng tiān le tā de xī yǐn lì 。
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9.
Aid workers say that in reality the nation has been driven deep into penury.
援助工人们表示真实的情况是，整个国家已经一穷二白。
yuán zhù gōng ren men biǎo shì zhēn shí de qíng kuàng shì , zhěng gè guó jiā yǐ jīng yī qióng èr bái 。
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10.
Many have escaped rural penury in China's interior to work as migrants in the booming factories and building sites of the coastal belt.
因为中国中部地区许多人们离开了贫困的农村来到快速发展的工厂以及沿海地区的建设工地打工。
yīn wèi zhōng guó zhōng bù dì qū xǔ duō rén men lí kāi le pín kùn de nóng cūn lái dào kuài sù fā zhǎn de gōng chǎng yǐ jí yán hǎi dì qū de jiàn shè gōng dì dǎ gōng 。
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