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poor

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [pɔː; pʊə]
  • 美式音标 [pʊr]
  • 国际音标 [puə, pɔ:]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • adj. 貧窮的；可憐的；貧乏的；卑鄙的
  • n. (Poor) （美）普爾（人名）

词源解说

  • 1200年進入英語，直接源自古法語的poure；最初源自古典拉丁語的pauper，意爲貧窮的，可憐的。

同根派生

  • adj性質的同根詞
    poorly：身躰不舒服的；心情惡劣的。
  • adv性質的同根詞
    poorly：貧窮地；貧乏地；不充分地。
  • n性質的同根詞
    poorness：貧窮；拙劣；缺乏。

用法辨析

    adj. (形容詞)

  • poor的基本意思是“貧睏的,貧窮的”,用於描寫長期或臨時処於貧睏狀態的人,也可指那些被認爲沒有足夠錢的人所具有的卑劣、無知和不道德; 用於物時,還可作“低劣的,次等的”“貧乏的”“貧瘠的”解,主要指在數量上、質量上不足或低於期望值。可用作表語,也可用於名詞前作定語,可用於比較等級。
  • poor作“可憐的,不幸的,遺憾的”解時,指對境遇表示憐憫和同情,沒有比較級和最高級,在句中衹用作定語。
  • poor前可加定冠詞the而用如名詞,表示一類人,意思是“窮人”,可以作主語、賓語,但不能加不定冠詞,也不能在詞尾加 -s 。the poor做主語時,謂語動詞應用複數形式。

英汉例句

    用作形容詞 (adj.)

    用作定語: ～+ n.

  • Many poor people gathered at the gate.
    許多窮苦人聚集在門口。

    • 用作表語: S+be+～

  • Other things being equal,Alice would marry Jim, not Tom, but Jim is poor, and Tom is rich.
    如果其他條件都一樣,艾麗絲就會嫁給吉姆而不是湯姆,但是吉姆貧窮,湯姆富有。

    • S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

  • He is poor in money, but rich in knowledge.
    他貧於金錢,但富於學問。

    • S+be+～+to- v

  • She is too poor to satisfy her family's material needs.
    她太窮了,無法滿足家人的物質需要。

    • 其他: as n.

  • The rich ought to help the poor.
    富人應該幫助窮人。

词组短语

    用作形容詞 (adj.)

    ～+名詞

  • poor chance 機會不大

    • 副詞+～

  • desperately poor 窮得走投無路
  • incredibly poor 窮得令人難以置信

    • ～+介詞

  • poor in 在…方麪貧乏
  • poor in minerals 鑛藏貧乏
  • poor in natural resources 自然資源貧乏

    • 短語

  • Working poor 窮忙族;在職貧窮
  • POOR IRONING 燙工不良

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • (NO MONEY) having little money and/or few possessions
  • (BAD) not good; being of a very low quality, quantity, or standard
  • (DESERVING SYMPATHY) deserving sympathy
  • poor people considered together as a group

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • Someone who is poor has very little money and few possessions.
  • The poor are people who are poor. (the)
  • The people in a poor country or area have very little money and few possessions.
  • You use poor to express your sympathy for someone.
  • If you describe something as poor, you mean that it is of a low quality or standard or that it is in bad condition.
  • poorly
  • If you describe an amount, rate, or number as poor, you mean that it is less than expected or less than is considered reasonable.
  • poorly
  • You use poor to describe someone who is not very skilful in a particular activity.
  • poorly
  • If something is poor in a particular quality or substance, it contains very little of the quality or substance.

专业释义

    經濟學

  • 貧窮的；可憐的；貧乏的；卑鄙的
  • 貧窮的

    • 生物學

  • 貧乏的
  • 可憐的
  • 低産的;缺乏的
  • 貧乏的;瘦弱的;劣質的