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单词 impecuniousness
释义
impecuniousim‧pe‧cu‧ni‧ous /ˌɪmpɪˈkjuːniəs◂/ adjective formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINimpecunious
Origin:
1500-1600 pecunious ‘rich’ (14-19 centuries), from Latin pecunia ‘money’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a gifted but impecunious painter
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Brown Institution trust funds were never adequate, but Twort preferred impecunious independence.
  • For an impecunious woman of twenty-nine, the gulf was unbridgeable.
  • He was that rare thing in any society, especially in an impecunious society under arms: a leader who was loved.
  • It is obvious that Mr. Mahmoud was impecunious.
  • It was shown that translation work is undertaken even for impecunious clients.
  • There is likely to be tension between landlord and tenant, between large landowners and impecunious peasants.
  • This warned the inhabitants that the average infantryman, in spite of his glamorous uniform, was lowly paid and impecunious.
  • With his Yorkshireman's eye for economy he was soon suggesting that the more impecunious aeronauts might seriously consider the process.
having very little money, especially over a long period – sometimes used humorously:  He came from a respectable if impecunious family.impecuniously adverbimpecuniousness noun [uncountable]
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