英语词汇“penury”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	penury
释义	Trends of penury View usage for: penury (penjʊri) uncountable noun Penury is the state of being extremely poor. [formal] He was brought up in penury, without education. Synonyms: poverty, want, need, privation [formal] More Synonyms of penury More Synonyms of penury penury in British English (ˈpɛnjʊrɪ) noun 1. extreme poverty 2. extreme scarcity Word origin C15: from Latin pēnūria dearth, of obscure origin penury in American English (ˈpɛnjuri; ˈpɛnjəri) noun lack of money, property, or necessities; extreme poverty; destitution SIMILAR WORDS: ˈpoverty Word origin ME pennury < L penuria, want, scarcity < paene, scarcely: see passion Examples of 'penury' in a sentence penury The simple reality for most people is that they must save more if they want to avoid penury in old age. Times, Sunday Times (2008) What has happened to my 71-year-old mother recently has reduced her to near penury. Times, Sunday Times (2008) He wanted to alter the terms agreed with his ex-wife because the way it was structured meant the credit crunch had reduced him to relative penury. Times, Sunday Times (2009) 1 (noun) in the sense of poverty Definition extreme poverty He was brought up in penury, without education. Synonyms poverty Many people in the region still live in absolute poverty. want He said they were fighting for freedom from want. need the state of need in the developing world privation (formal) They endured years of privation during the war. destitution attempts made to relieve destitution straitened circumstances beggary indigence pauperism 2 (noun) in the sense of scarcity Definition extreme scarcity Synonyms scarcity an ever-increasing scarcity of water lack Despite his lack of experience, he got the job. shortage There's no shortage of ideas. deficiency They did tests for signs of vitamin deficiency. dearth a dearth of resources paucity (formal) the paucity of information sparseness scantiness Additional synonyms in the sense of beggary Synonyms poverty, want, need, bankruptcy, destitution, wretchedness, vagrancy, indigence, pauperism in the sense of dearth Definition an inadequate amount a dearth of resources Synonyms lack, want, need, absence, poverty, shortage, deficiency, famine, inadequacy, scarcity, paucity (formal), insufficiency, sparsity, scantiness, exiguousness in the sense of deficiency Definition a lack or shortage They did tests for signs of vitamin deficiency. Synonyms lack, want, deficit, absence, shortage, deprivation, inadequacy, scarcity, dearth, privation (formal), insufficiency, scantiness Nearby words of penury pensive pent-up penurious penury people pep pep something or someone up Synonyms of 'penury' penury Explore 'penury' in the dictionary Additional synonyms in the sense of destitution attempts made to relieve destitution Synonyms pennilessness, want, distress, dire straits, privation (formal), penury, neediness, beggary, indigence, pauperism, impecuniousness, utter poverty in the sense of lack Definition shortage or absence of something required or desired Despite his lack of experience, he got the job. Synonyms shortage, want, absence, deficiency, need, shortcoming, deprivation, inadequacy, scarcity, dearth, privation (formal), shortness, destitution, insufficiency, scantiness, debt in the sense of need Definition poverty or destitution the state of need in the developing world Synonyms poverty, deprivation, destitution, neediness, distress, extremity, privation (formal), penury, indigence, impecuniousness in the sense of paucity Definition scarcity the paucity of information Synonyms scarcity, lack, poverty, shortage, deficiency, rarity, dearth, smallness, insufficiency, slenderness, sparseness, slightness, sparsity, meagreness, paltriness, scantiness in the sense of privation Definition loss or lack of the necessities of life They endured years of privation during the war. Synonyms want, poverty, need, suffering, loss, lack, distress, misery, necessity, hardship, penury, destitution, neediness, indigence in the sense of shortage Definition not enough of something needed There's no shortage of ideas. Synonyms deficiency, want, lack, failure, deficit, poverty, shortfall, inadequacy, scarcity, dearth, paucity (formal), insufficiency in the sense of want He said they were fighting for freedom from want. Synonyms poverty, need, hardship, privation (formal), penury, destitution, neediness, hand-to-mouth existence, indigence, pauperism, pennilessness, distress
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