impecunious

英 [ˌɪmpɪˈkjuːniəs]

美 [ˌɪmpɪˈkjuːniəs]

adj.  贫穷的; 不名一文的

GRE

BNC.32953 / COCA.37761

牛津词典

adj.

• 贫穷的；不名一文的
  having little or no money

柯林斯词典

• 没钱的;一文不名的;一贫如洗的
  Someone who isimpecunioushas very little money.

英英释义

adj

• not having enough money to pay for necessities
  Synonym:hard upin straitened circumstances(p)pennilesspenuriouspinched

双语例句

• They are invariably independent, impecunious and able to tolerate staggering degrees of discomfort.
  他们无一不是独立自主、囊中羞涩，而且能够忍受种种令人咋舌不已的不便。
• This will allow the impecunious members to pay off bad cheques and mortgages, in effect borrowing against the resources of the others.
  这让那些不名一文的亲戚们得以偿还逾期支票和抵押贷款，实际上也是利用别人的资源来借款。
• An unsuccessful and impecunious mon.
  无所作为、一文不名的儿子。
• As it was precisely of that love that poor Winsett was starving to death, Archer looked with a sort of vicarious envy at this eager impecunious young man who had fared so richly in his poverty.
  可怜的温塞特正是为了这种爱好快要饿死了，阿切尔也如临其境地怀着羡慕之心看着这个热情洋溢的穷青年，他在贫困中活得是那样富足。
• But one thing is sure, he must go to earn some money first for he is impecunious now.
  但是有一事儿却是肯定的。他得先挣点钱，因为他现在可是身无分文呢。
• I first knew him as an impecunious student living in one small room.
  我初次认识他时，他是个住在一间小房间中的穷学生。
• But as the "grey perspectives" ( pensioners with savings) and "Twilight subsistence" ( pensioners on small incomes) groups hit cyberspace in the company of the impecunious young, demands for free content will take on a new urgency.
  但是，随着有积蓄的养老金领取者（greyperspectives）、收入微薄的养老金领取者（twilightsubsistence）与身无分文的年轻人共同出现在网络空间中，免费内容将面临新的紧迫需求。
• Cecil Fridjohn, my father, came from an impecunious Irish Jewish family.
  塞西尔·弗雷特，我的父亲，来自贫穷的爱尔兰的犹太家庭。