英語(yǔ)解釋

penurious

音標(biāo)[pi'njuəriəs]

penurious是什么意思、penurious怎么讀

penurious漢語(yǔ)翻譯

a. 赤貧的, 缺乏的, 吝嗇的

penurious詞型變化

名詞:penuriousness 副詞:penuriously

penurious英語(yǔ)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

penurious詳細(xì)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(qián)參見(jiàn) stingy
Yielding little; barren:
貧瘠的：出產(chǎn)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(lái)源：
From Medieval Latin pônôriôsus
源自中世紀(jì)拉丁語(yǔ) pônôriôsus
from Latin pônôria [want]
源自拉丁語(yǔ) pônôria [想要]

【引伸】
penu.riously
adv.（副詞）
penu.riousness
n.（名詞）