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penurious (pen YOOR ee us) From the Latin meaning “want,” this adjective means both “stingy, unwilling to spend money” and “poverty-stricken or destitute” (another good word for poor). The noun form is “penury.”
- During the Great Depression, millions of Americans were reduced to a penurious lifestyle.
- Suffering disease, hunger, and penury, the homeless man sought help in a shelter; he didn’t have enough money to buy himself a meal.
——摘自《Fiske WordPower: The Most Effective System for Building a Vocabulary That Gets Results Fast》
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穷困潦倒（pen YOOR ee us）这个形容词来自拉丁语，意为“匮乏”，既有“吝啬、不愿花钱”的意思，也有“贫困或赤贫”的意思（穷人的另一个好词）。名词形式为“pendry”
- 在大萧条期间，数百万美国人生活拮据。
- 由于患有疾病、饥饿和贫困，这位无家可归的人在避难所寻求帮助；他没有足够的钱给自己买一顿饭。
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