extremely poor; poverty-stricken
赤贫的,极端贫困的
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a penurious old tramp .一贫如洗的老流浪汉。
characterized by poverty or need
不足的,缺乏的
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penurious years .饥荒年。
parsimonious; mean
吝啬的,小气的
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he was generous and hospitable in contrast to his stingy and penurious wife .与他吝啬小气的妻子相反,他慷慨又好客。
"late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin