penurious
音標[pi'njuəriəs] 讀音漢語翻譯
a. 赤貧的, 缺乏的, 吝嗇的
詞型變化:
名詞:penuriousness 副詞:penuriously英文解釋:
形容詞 penurious:
- not having enough money to pay for necessities同義詞:hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, pinched
- excessively unwilling to spend同義詞:parsimonious
詳細解釋:
pe.nu.ri.ous
adj.(形容詞)Ungenerously or pettily unwilling to spend money.See Synonyms at stingy 吝嗇的:不慷慨或極度地不想花錢參見 stingyYielding little; barren:貧瘠的:出產少的;枯竭的:例句:a penurious land.貧瘠的土地
Poverty-stricken; destitute.貧困的;貧窮的
來源:From Medieval Latin pônôriôsus 源自 中世紀拉丁語 pônôriôsus from Latin pônôria [want] 源自 拉丁語 pônôria [想要]
【引伸】
penu.riously
adv.(副詞)penu.riousness
n.(名詞)
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