| 单词 | penury |
| 释义 | penury (once / 3595 pages) n Penury means extreme poverty to the point of homelessness and begging in the streets. Economic downturns, job loss, shopping sprees, and weekends at the high rollers' table in Vegas can lead to penury. Penury comes from the Latin word penuria, which, though it sounds like something contagious, actually means scarcity. It's not a word that turns up often in casual conversation or even on nightly newscasts. You're more apt to spot it in a college textbook or maybe an editorial in The New York Times. WORD FAMILYpenury: penuries, penurious+/penurious: penuriously, penuriousness USAGE EXAMPLESWhen Mr. Butler found him, he was living in penury at 59, charging $130 to be interviewed on camera at his Havana home. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) In the span of a single generation, hundreds of millions of people were lifted from penury to unimagined riches. Wall Street Journal(Oct 14, 2016) When penury eventually forces him to borrow money, Aubrey repays the loan with valuable books. Washington Post(Sep 07, 2016) n a state of extreme poverty or destitution Syn|Hypo|Hyper indigence, need, pauperisation, pauperism, pauperization 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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