impecunious
GRE,1
英[,ɪmpɪ'kjuːnɪəs]
|美[,ɪmpɪ'kjunɪəs]
日语:潔白な
法语:impécunieux
德语:mittellos
韩语:불이익한
俄语:pobre
牛津词典
adj.
- 贫穷的;不名一文的
having little or no money
同、反义词
同义词:
adj.
poor,impoverished,penniless,struggling,underprivileged
双语例句
- As it was precisely of that love that poor Winsett was starving to death, Archer looked with a sort of vicarious envy at this eager impecunious young man who had fared so richly in his poverty.
可怜的温塞特正是为了这种爱好快要饿死了,阿切尔也如临其境地怀着羡慕之心看着这个热情洋溢的穷青年,他在贫困中活得是那样富足。
- But as the "grey perspectives" ( pensioners with savings) and "Twilight subsistence" ( pensioners on small incomes) groups hit cyberspace in the company of the impecunious young, demands for free content will take on a new urgency.
但是,随着有积蓄的养老金领取者(greyperspectives)、收入微薄的养老金领取者(twilightsubsistence)与身无分文的年轻人共同出现在网络空间中,免费内容将面临新的紧迫需求。
- Cecil Fridjohn, my father, came from an impecunious Irish Jewish family.
塞西尔·弗雷特,我的父亲,来自贫穷的爱尔兰的犹太家庭。
- An unsuccessful and impecunious mon.
无所作为、一文不名的儿子。
- They are invariably independent, impecunious and able to tolerate staggering degrees of discomfort.
他们无一不是独立自主、囊中羞涩,而且能够忍受种种令人咋舌不已的不便。
- I first knew him as an impecunious student living in one small room.
我初次认识他时,他是个住在一间小房间中的穷学生。
- But one thing is sure, he must go to earn some money first for he is impecunious now.
但是有一事儿却是肯定的。他得先挣点钱,因为他现在可是身无分文呢。
- This will allow the impecunious members to pay off bad cheques and mortgages, in effect borrowing against the resources of the others.
这让那些不名一文的亲戚们得以偿还逾期支票和抵押贷款,实际上也是利用别人的资源来借款。
语源
late 16th cent.: from in- not + obsolete pecunioushaving money, wealthy (from Latin pecuniosus, from pecuniamoney)