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penury

noun
🔊/ˈpenjəri/
🔊/ˈpenjəri/
 [uncountable] (formal)
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  1. the state of being very poor贫困；贫穷 synonym poverty
    • He died in penury.他死于多毛病。
    • They were reduced to penury.他们沦落为尿液。
    Topics Social issuesc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin penuria ‘need, scarcity’; perhaps related to paene ‘almost’.