penurious
音标发音
- 英式音标 [pəˈnjʊə.ri.əs]
- 美式音标 [pəˈnjʊr.i.ri.əs]
- 国际音标 [pi'njuəriəs]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.吝啬的;缺乏的;贫困的
词根记忆
- 来自penur(y)(贫穷;吝啬) + ious→吝啬的
英汉例句
- Raised on a hog farm in Hunan Province, she laughs off the penurious ways of her parents and grandparents.
李小姐在湖南省的一家养猪场长大,她嘲笑祖父母及父母吝啬的生活方式。 - Small black and small armor Xi fair outside the tent, before gathered some mercenary soldiers at them, an eyes expose strange light-that is the penurious wind.
小黑和小铁甲犀正在帐篷外面,在它们前面聚了一些佣兵,一个个目露奇光——那是贪婪的神色。 - But the price was right for penurious law students: seventy-five dollars a month.
但是房子的租金对于不大方的法学院大学生还是很合适的:每个月75美元。 - Instead, dollar debasement repels capital and over time, raises prices inflicting a penurious tax on producers.
FORBES: An Honest Politician: Understanding Ben Bernanke - Only a few generations earlier, their ancestors had been living a desperate, penurious life in the intractable deserts of northern Arabia.
NPR: Armstrong, 'Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time' - He founded the Basle Chamber Orchestra in 1926, when he was a penurious 20-year-old, and with the aid of donations from friends almost immediately started commissioning pieces.
ECONOMIST: Paul Sacher
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- penurious s 贫穷的
- indigent penurious penury impecunious improvished 贫困的
- indigent penurious penury impecunious needy 贫困的