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").
雙語例句
- 1. His present indigence is a sufficient punishment for former folly.
- 他現在所受的困苦足夠懲罰他從前的胡作非為了.
來自辭典例句
- 2. The luxury of one class is counterbalanced by the indigence of another.
- 一個階級的奢侈全靠另一個階級的貧苦來維持.
來自互聯網
- 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民的貧窮.
來自互聯網
- 4. Their indigence appalled him.
- 他們的貧窮讓他震驚.
來自互聯網
- 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民的貧窮作了對比.
來自互聯網