indigence
英 ['?nd?d?(?)ns]
美
- n. 窮困；貧乏；貧窮
GRE
英文詞源
- indigence (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French indigence "indigence, need, privation" (13c.), from Latin indigentia "need, want; insatiable desire," from indigentem (nominative indigens), present participle of indigere "to need," from indu "in, within" + egere "be in need, want," from PIE *eg- "to lack" (cognates: Old Norse ekla "want, lack," Old High German eccherode "thin, weak").
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. His present indigence is a sufficient punishment for former folly.
- 他現(xiàn)在所受的困苦足夠懲罰他從前的胡作非為了.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 2. The luxury of one class is counterbalanced by the indigence of another.
- 一個(gè)階級(jí)的奢侈全靠另一個(gè)階級(jí)的貧苦來(lái)維持.
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- 3. Dickens contrasts the opulence of France's nobility with indigence of her peasants.
- 鍬更斯比較法蘭西貴族的富裕與其農(nóng)民的貧窮.
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- 4. Their indigence appalled him.
- 他們的貧窮讓他震驚.
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- 5. Dickens contrasts the opulence of Frances nobility with the indigence of her peasants.
- 狄更斯將法蘭西貴族的富裕與農(nóng)民的貧窮作了對(duì)比.
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