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pennilessness

/pen-i-lis/US // ˈpɛn ɪ lɪs //UK // (ˈpɛnɪlɪs) //

身无分文,一贫如洗,一文不名,无钱

Related Words

bankrupt破产,破产人,破产的,破产者needy贫乏的,贫苦,贫乏,贫困broke破产,打破了,破损,打碎了impoverished穷困潦倒,穷困的,贫穷的,穷苦的destitute穷困潦倒,穷困的,穷困潦倒的,穷困的人indigent穷困的,穷困潦倒,贫穷的,穷人clean清洁,洁净,清洁的,洁净的flat平坦的,平地,平坦,平的impecunious穷困潦倒,穷困潦倒的,穷困潦倒的人,穷困的lacking匮乏的,缺少,匮乏,缺乏penurious奢华的,奢华,奢侈的,奢侈poor穷人,贫穷,可怜的,穷poverty-stricken穷困潦倒,穷困潦倒的,穷困的,贫穷ruined破败的,破败不堪,破败不堪的,毁掉的strapped捆绑的,捆绑式,捆绑式的,捆绑necessitous必要的,必要性,必要,必需品over a barrel桶上,桶上的,桶内,桶里的东西dirt poor穷人,穷困潦倒,贫民窟,贫民区flat broke破产,断裂,扁平化,扁平化破产in the gutter在阴沟里,在水沟里,在阴沟里的,在水沟中

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : without any money whatsoever; totally impoverished; destitute.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounpoverty
Synonyms
abjection抛弃,弃婴,弃绝,弃权aridity干旱化,干旱性,干旱,干旱化程度bankruptcy破产barrenness不孕不育,不育症,不孕症,不孕不育症beggary乞讨,乞丐,乞讨罪,乞讨行为dearth匮乏,缺少,贫乏,匮乏的debt债务,负债,债务问题,债权deficiency不足之处,缺陷,缺点,不足deficit亏损,亏欠,亏空,赤字depletion耗损,枯竭,损耗,消耗destitution赤贫,穷困潦倒,穷困,贫穷difficulty困难,难度,难点,困难重重distress苦恼,危难,痛苦,困扰emptiness虚空,空虚,空旷,虚无exiguity灵活性,确切性,复杂性,确切地说famine饥荒,饥馑,饥饿,灾情hardship艰难困苦,困苦,困难,困难重重impecuniousness不富裕,无力感,小气,不富裕的人impoverishment贫穷化,贫困化,贫化,穷困潦倒inadequacy不足,不足之处,不足的地方,不够indigence穷困潦倒,穷困,贫穷,贫困insolvency破产,无力偿债,无力偿付,无力偿债的insufficiency不足,不充分,不够用,不充足lack缺乏,缺少,欠缺,匮乏meagerness渴望,温柔,我的心态,我的心necessity必要性,必需品,必然性,必要need需要,需,要,要有neediness需要,需要性,需求,必要性pass通过,通过了,通,通过的paucity贫乏,少数,少量,少量的pauperism贫穷主义,贫民制,穷困潦倒,穷光蛋penuriousness奢侈行为,奢侈,奢华,侈靡之风penury赤贫,贫穷,暴利,贫穷问题pinch钳制,掐死,掐断,钳子poorness贫穷,贫困,穷困,穷困潦倒privation匮乏,隐私,私有化,匮乏性reduction减少,削减,缩减,降低scarcity稀缺性,稀缺,匮乏,稀少shortage缺少,短缺,不足,不足之处starvation饿死,饿死了,饥饿,饿死人underdevelopment发展不足,不发达,欠发达,不发达地区vacancy空缺,职位空缺,空额,空置want想,要,想要,希望impecuniosity不孝顺,不孝子,不孝,冒失鬼necessitousness必要性,必要条件,必需品,必需性

Examples

  • He was born in a barn to penniless parents who were part of a people under occupation.

  • The rocker posted a rambling video on his Facebook page claiming he's broke and penniless.

  • Lemkin died penniless at a bus stop in 1959, on his way to another day lobbying at the United Nations.

  • The penniless Pieret announced his intentions of stealing more art from the woefully guarded Louvre to make more money.

  • He told stories about his days as a penniless college student trying to make it in Greenwich Village.

  • Pride forbade him to confess himself a homeless, penniless vagabond.

  • Now men laughed at him, pointed to him with their fingers, and made their children mock and hoot the penniless insolvent.

  • Shortly after leaving his Quebrada-honda mountains of gold and silver, he was penniless at Carthagena.

  • Practically penniless and absolutely disillusioned, the amazing man was radiantly happy.

  • It is she whom I followed afoot, penniless and wanting bread, until I fell exhausted on the highway and racked with pain.

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