| 单词 | indigence |
| 释义 | indigence (once / 11110 pages) n Indigence is a synonym for extreme poverty. If you experience indigence, you have a critical need for food, money, and other resources. To correctly pronounce indigence, accent the first syllable: "IN-dih-genz." It means "great lack of material resources," like money. Indigence a noun, and indigent, an adjective, are related words that have to do with need. If you are indigent — suffering from extreme poverty — you are living in indigence, the state of extreme poverty. WORD FAMILYindigent: indigence USAGE EXAMPLESPayment was a democratic innovation to ensure that poor citizens would not be prevented from civic engagement by indigence. National Geographic(Nov 04, 2016) Hostility to foreigners versus fear of indigence: scarcely a feast of reason and flow of soul. The Guardian(Jun 13, 2016) Plaintiffs say even when the company was well aware of their indigence, they were never told they could apply to have their court costs waived. New York Times(Oct 01, 2015) n a state of extreme poverty or destitution their indigence appalled him Syn|Hypo|Hyper need, pauperisation, pauperism, pauperization, penury beggary, mendicancy, mendicity the state of being a beggar or mendicant impoverishment, poorness, poverty the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions |
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