参考词典中penury的常规释义:
基本释义
- n. 贫困,贫穷
参考例句
- Beggary: Extreme poverty; penury.
赤贫;极度贫穷 - Extreme poverty;penury.
赤贫极度贫穷;贫 - Laid-off workers fall into penury.
下岗职工陷入贫困。 - Hardship and penury wore him out before his time.
受穷受苦使他未老先衰。 - The family live in penury.
那家人生活贫困。
- Beggary: Extreme poverty; penury.
英英解释