# penury ##### 词义 - 英：/ˈpenjəri/； 美：/ˈpenjəri/ - #词性/n 贫困；贫穷；穷困 ##### 例句 - An episode of illness may reduce a poor household to penury , especially when they have to sell their productive assets in order to cover health care outlays . - 一次疾病可以使一个贫困的家庭变得更加穷困，甚至也可以使富人变为贫困者； - It was reformed greatly in 1999 , constituting Urumqi petrochemical company made up of good productive assets . An episode of illness may reduce a poor household to penury , especially when they have to sell their productive assets in order to cover health care outlays . - 1999年经过较大的机构重组后，以生产性的优良资产为主组成了乌石化公司。一次疾病可以使一个贫困的家庭变得更加穷困，甚至也可以使富人变为贫困者； - He was brought up in penury , without education . - 他从小一贫如洗，没有受过教育。