名词luxury
1. 贫困, 贫穷：sultry 闷热的, 风骚的 | penury 贫困, 贫穷 | tenuous 稀薄的
2. 贫困：penurious 吝啬的 | penury 贫困 | penwiper 拭笔具
3. 贫穷：patricide#杀父者 | penury#贫穷 | perjury#伪证
4. 拮据：peninsula 半岛 | penury 拮据 | persecute 迫害
1. 赤贫
Penury is the state of being extremely poor.
e.g. He was brought up in penury, without education.
他从小一贫如洗，没有受过教育。
1. penury
1. To avoid total penury, some families choose not to go to a doctor at all.
noun
1. a state of extreme poverty or destitution
e.g. their indigence appalled him
a general state of need exists among the homeless
Synonym: indigence need pauperism pauperization