penury

名词 penury:

1. a state of extreme poverty or destitution
   同义词：indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization

1. Peoples in Africa are living in penury.
   非洲的人民过着贫穷的生活。
2. Laid-off workers fall into penury.
   下岗职工陷入贫困。

pen.u.ry

n.（名词）
Extreme want or poverty; destitution.
拮据：极度缺乏或贫穷；贫困
Extreme dearth; barrenness or insufficiency.
缺乏：极度缺乏；贫瘠或不足

来源：
Middle English penurie
中古英语 penurie
from Latin pônôria [want]
源自 拉丁语 pônôria [想要]