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1·He was brought up in penury, without education.

他从小一贫如洗，没有受过教育。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·Laid-off workers fall into penury.

下岗职工陷入贫困。

3·Extreme poverty; penury.

赤贫极度贫穷；

4·A succession of bad harvest had reduced the small farmer to penury.

连续歉收使得这个小农场主陷入了贫困境地。

5·Chris is a black young salesman, who lives in penury with his wife and son.

克里斯是一名年轻的黑人推销员，和老婆还有幼子过着拮据的日子。

6·Mr Thomas was born in penury and grew up with bare feet and intestinal worms.

托马斯出身微寒，伴着光脚丫儿、肚里住着蛔虫的日子长大。

7·However, his finances remained precarious, with periods of prosperity and of penury.

然而，他的经济状况始终不稳定，时而富裕，时而贫困。

8·This is my prayer to thee, my Lord — strike, strike at the root of penury in my heart.

这是我对你的祈求，我的主——请你铲除，铲除我心里贫乏的根源。

9·He was talking about the embarrassment penury - and advocating higher salaries for MPs.

这席话意指当时议员们经济窘迫，并提倡提高议员待遇。

10·In other words, wealthy people, in an effort to alleviate penury, would create a savings bank.

换句话说，富人们要扶危济困，便建立了储蓄银行。