penury信息详情
n.贫困；贫穷
penguinry───企鹅园
penny───n.（美）分；便士
penult───n.倒数第二个；倒数第二音节
tenure───n.任期；占有；vt.授予…终身职位
penumbra───n.半影
coenuri───腔肠
fenuron───非草隆
penally───adv.用刑罚；刑事上
penalty───n.罚款，罚金；处罚
other words, wealthy people, in an effort to alleviate penury, would create a savings bank.───句话说，富人们要扶危济困，便建立了储蓄银行。
This is my prayer to thee, my Lord — strike, strike at the root of penury in my heart.───这是我对你的祈求，我的主——请你铲除，铲除我心里贫乏的根源。
He was brought up in penury, without education.───他从小一贫如洗，没有受过教育。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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He was brought up in penury, without education.
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Then, to add insult to penury, the bond market exploded.
The show went into penury, I think.
He died in penury.
Hardship and penury wore him out before his time.
But penury, though exasperating enough, was not the whole of his distress.
They were reduced to penury.