poor
美 [p?r] 
英 [p??(r)]
- n.窮人；貧困者
- adj.貧乏；缺乏；缺少；貧窮的
- 網絡差；可憐的；不良
詞形變化
比較級：poorer 最高級：poorest 反義詞
英漢雙解
拮據having little money
1. | 貧窮的；貧寒的；清貧的having very little money; not having enough money for basic needs |
| They were too poor to buy shoes for the kids. 他們窮得沒錢給孩子買鞋穿。 |
| We aim to help the poorest families. 我們的目標是接濟最貧困的家庭。 |
| It's among the poorer countries of the world. 它是世界上的貧窮國家之一。 |
不幸unfortunate
2. | [obn] 可憐的；不幸的；令人同情的deserving pity and sympathy |
| Have you heard about poor old Harry? His wife's left him. 你聽說了老哈里的慘況嗎？他妻子離他而去了。 |
| It's hungry─the poor little thing. 它餓了，這可憐的小家伙。 |
| ‘I have stacks of homework to do.’ ‘Oh, you poor thing .’ “我有一大堆的作業要做哪。”“唉呦，你好可憐哦。” |
不好not good
3. | 劣質的；差的；次的not good; of a quality that is low or lower than expected |
| the party's poor performance in the election 該黨在選舉中的表現欠佳 |
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| It was raining heavily and visibility was poor. 當時天下著大雨，能見度很低。 |
| poor food/light/soil 劣質食品；昏暗的光線；貧瘠的土地 |
| to have a poor opinion of sb(= to not think well of sb) 對某人評價很低 |
4. | 不擅長的；不熟練的not good or skilled at sth |
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| a poor judge of character 看人不準的人 |
| She's a good teacher but a poor manager. 她長于教學，卻拙于管理。 |
| a poor sailor(= sb who easily gets sick at sea) 易暈船的人 |
匱乏having little of sth
5. | ~ in sth 缺乏；貧乏；缺少having very small amounts of sth |
| a country poor in natural resources 自然資源貧乏的國家 |
| soil poor in nutrients 養分不足的土壤 |
拮據having little money
1. | [pl] 貧困者；窮人people who have very little money |
| They provided food and shelter for the poor. 他們為貧困者提供食物和住所。 |
英漢解釋
adj. | 2. 萎靡的;不健康的;不愉快的;〈口〉瘦;(身體)弱;(精神)差;(土地)貧瘠的 4. (衣裳)破舊的,不體面的;卑劣的,(酒等)粗劣的;(演說者等)拙劣的 |
英英解釋
例句
One day the poor woman found that they did not have enough money to buy even a bit of bread for another day.
一天這個窮寡婦發現他們沒有足夠的錢去買第二天的東西，哪怕是一小塊面包。
But also, unreformed China seems to have done a more impressive job than India did in educating and providing health care for its poor.
不過，沒有進行改革的中國似乎在為窮人提供教育和醫療服務上面比印度做的更出色。
Don't be like the poor elephant and go through your life stuck because of a limiting belief you were given or developed years ago.
別像那只可憐的大象，一輩子受困于一種多年前別人給予你的狹隘觀念，又或是多年前養成的桎梏信念。
'At this time of the year, 'said the gentleman, 'We should all try to help the poor.
“在每年的這一天，我們都將為窮人捐錢。”紳士說。
I do not know when poor Richard's cravats would be done, if he had no friend but you.
要是可伶的理查德只有你一個親人的話，我真不知道他的圍巾什么時候才能織好。
That may one day lead Americans to ask why they invest so much in a troubled region with such poor returns.
也許有一天美國人會自問，為什么美國要在這樣一個麻煩不斷而回報又如此之低的地區投入如此巨本？
While benefits of the poor and elderly are to be cut, the Pentagon is trying to forge ahead with its $1 trillion F-35 fighter purchase.
在窮人和老年人的利益注定被砍之時，五角大樓卻正在試圖繼續推進其1萬億美元的F-35戰斗機采購合同。
The schism was borne out in and around Paris, where wealthy neighborhoods seemed to vote yes, while poor neighborhoods voted no.
分裂基本上發生在巴黎及其周邊地區，富人們投票贊成，窮人反對。
Since one "modem method" rapidly replaces another the poor kids will have had a good bellyful by the time they leave school.
從一個“現代方法”迅速代替另一位貧窮的小孩將會有一個好的滿腹在他們離開學校。
HNA did not respond to requests for comment but has previously said non-payment was common in light of this year's poor dry bulk market.
海航集團沒有回復記者提出的置評請求，但此前該公司曾表示，鑒于今年干散貨市場低迷，遲付緩付租金是市場中的普遍行為。
The miserable Hatter dropped his teacup and bread-and-butter, and went down on one knee, 'I'm a poor man, your Majesty , ' he began.
那個可憐的帽匠丟掉了茶杯、奶油面包，單膝跪下說，“我是個可憐人，陛下。”
Thou shalt not take problems to bed with you, for they make very poor bedfellows.
問題還沒解決時，不要上床睡覺，因為這些問題會使你難以入眠。
Poor mum! What's the matter with her, Sue?
可憐的媽媽！她怎么啦，蘇？
The police officer decided not to say anything more about the poor father's negligence since he had already paid dearly about it.
警察覺得不起訴那位可憐的父親，因為他已經為此付出了昂貴的代價。
It has loose and porous structure, poor stability and corrosion resistance which make it essential for the material to be antirust treated.
其結構疏松、多孔，穩定性和耐蝕性差，須進行防銹處理。
The doctor who had volunteered to settled down in the poor village became the chief fable of the villagers.
這個志愿到這個窮村莊落戶的醫生成了村民們的中心話題。
An illiterate 20-year-old weaver, he earns 2, 000 rupees ($43) a month, half of which he sends to his mother in the poor state of Bihar.
20的歲諾薩德是一名沒有受過教育的紡織工，每個月有2000盧比（43美元）的收入，其中一半還要寄給他那生活在落后的比哈爾邦（印度北部的邦）的母親。
The students, I agree with you that I am also very happy for the poor mountain loud and clear to the children so that they have read.
這位同學，我同意你的說法，我也十分樂意為貧困山區的孩子們大聲呼吁，讓他們擁有讀書的機會。
The residents in turn called it a raid on their land by insatiable city officials, and paraded a few poor old folk.
當地居民則還以顏色，稱貪得無厭的市政府官員侵略侵略了他們的土地，且有數名老年居民進行了游行。
Out of sympathy, she began to move money about, ostensibly to "lend" from the rich to the poor for a short period.
她出于同情而開始轉移資金，從表面上看，是將富人的錢短期“借給”窮人。
Exploited by landlords, they were poor, ignorant, and, like the Italians, were one-fourth to one-half illiterate.
由于受地主的剝削，他們是貧窮和愚昧的，并且象意大利人一樣，有四分之一到一半人是文盲。
She was a champion of the poor all her life.
她終身都是窮苦人的衛士。
On the great night the poor young woman went upstairs to look on from behind the doors of the salon.
在那個美好的夜晚，這個可憐的年輕女子跑到樓上，躲在客廳門后張望。
She was poor, quite alone, and had had a hard time in London, both before and after her husband died.
她貧窮，相當孤單，在她丈夫生前生后，她曾在倫敦過著艱難的生活。
This is one of the real underlying economic reasons why the gap between rich and poor nations seems to widen every year.
這就是富國和窮國之間的鴻溝似乎逐年擴大的一個真正潛在的經濟原因。
"We were sorry for poor Hurry, as well as for father, Judith! " put in her innocent and unconscious sister.
“我們曾為爹難過，也為可憐的赫里傷心，朱迪思！”妹妹插進來說，她那么天真無邪，不諳世事。
And then this pretended mercy to the slaves is such a disappointment to the poor people.
再說，對奴隸這種表面的憐憫也使窮人大失所望。
A spirited young fellow, with a good appetite for the best of everything had so poor an outlook.
一個生氣勃勃的年輕人，滿心想得到一切最美好的事物，前途卻如此渺茫。
Yesterday England might have stood against the world: now, none so poor to do her reverence!
昨日，英國可與世界抗衡，今天，已無人低下地向她致敬了！
Her poor papa returned so melancholy from the city, that all were alarmed about him at home.
她可憐的爸爸從市中心回來的時候滿腔心事，家里的人都在著急。
The mother has shown a poor sense of responsibility, often gallivanting off somewhere and leaving the children on their own.
這位母親表現得責任心不強，她經常只顧自己尋歡作樂，丟下孩子們不管。
"After all, " he thought, "the poor chap will get over it; not the first time such a thing has happened in this little city! "
“反正，”他心里想，“這個家伙會對付得了的；這種事情在這個小城市里也并不是破天荒！”
The poor captain raised his eyes, and at one look the rum went out of him.
可憐的船長抬起了他的眼睛，一瞥之間，他的酒意全醒了。
Said poor Jeanie, tendering that portion which she had separated from her principal stock, and kept apart for such an emergency.
可憐的珍妮邊說邊撫摸著從主要存款中留出的那些錢，這錢就是為這樣的緊急情況準備的。
The Roman Aurelius Cassiodorus rendered a few parts of the Greek works on mathematics and astronomy in his own poor version.
羅馬人AureliusCassiodorus用蹩腳的譯文翻出了一小部分希臘數學和天文學著作。
Poor little Fanny! It went to my heart to adopt the grand air with her, and tell her to call me "sir" .
可憐的小范妮！我對她采取了高高在上的態度，告訴她叫我“先生”。
The poor soul yielded herself entirely to her sister's orders, and did not even dare to complain of her slavery to Briggs or Firkin.
可憐的人任憑妹妹擺布，甚至壓根兒不敢對布立葛絲和孚金抱怨不自由。
Additional help was given to the poor farmers in the form of loans at very low rates of interest or no interest at all.
對于貧農還采用低利或無利放款形式給予額外的幫助。
The poor young fellow, who was still just a boy, still at the age when feelings express themselves spontaneously, burst into tears.
可憐的青年這時還是一個孩子，還在極易流露感情的年紀，他眼淚涌了出來。
The son of a poor farmer's widow, he had seen his mother put to such straits to make ends meet.
他是個窮苦農民寡婦的兒子，曾經親眼看到他母親在萬分艱困的情況下度日。
"I'm afraid I shall be very poor company, Sir, " hazarded Presley.
“我怕她們會覺得我這人很沒趣的，先生，”普瑞斯萊壯起了膽子說。
Rich men of all origins were being drawn together into a common interest against the communist ideas of the poor.
所有各種出身的富人正在互相靠攏，形成共同的利害關系，以對抗窮人的共產思想。
He looked back at his own life, what a poor crop of secrets it had produced!
想想自己走過的道路：平平凡凡，無秘密可言！
"The poor child is all heart, " said Mrs. Sedley.
塞特笠太太說道：“可憐這孩子真重感情。”
With his poor gift of expression he gave but indications of what he had gone through.
由于他太無口才，他對他自己這一段時間的經歷講得支離破碎。
Poor Smith was one of those who went west in the earthquake.
可憐的史密斯是地震死亡人員中的一個。
We should find the poor little maid tossing upon her mattress, to the great disturbance of its other two occupants.
我們會發現，可憐的小妮子正在褥子上翻來覆去，弄得另外兩個人也不得安寧呢。
If she springs on you I shall defend you and prove my poor gallantry.
要是她向您撲來，我就保護您，以證明我那微弱的勇氣。
It was a poor consolation that France had been forced to admit its own bankruptcy in the same year.
能夠聊以自慰的是，同一年，法國也被迫宣告破產。
"Ours is a poor nature, " continued the doctor. "Such a little thing knocks us down. "
“說起來，人是多么的可憐，”博士說，“這么一點小事就泄氣了！”
Trying to convince the robbers that he was just a poor puppet and hadn't a penny in his pocket.
讓他們知道自己是個窮人，口袋里一個錢也沒有。
"They were sent by one of your friends, " the poor secretary replied in a low voice, "so I thought it would be appropriate to use them. "
“它們是你的一個朋友送來的，”可憐的秘書低聲應道。“我就想這樣擺應該會合適。”
He stated that the charity was actually initiated by two sisters named Preston and that the effigy on the cake was that of two poor widows.
他認為該慈善活動最初是由普列斯頓兩姐妹發起的，糕餅上的肖像則是兩位貧窮的寡婦。
"Now listen here, " the policeman said, "Whatever yo do to that poor, defenceless creature i shall personally do to you"
“現在聽著，”警察說，“不管你對那可憐無助的家伙做什么，我將親自用在你身上。”
However, an airline spokesman said poor weather was more likely to have been a factor in the crash than the condition of the plane.
然而，一名航空公司發言人說飛機失事的決定因素更大的可能是因為惡劣的天氣而不是飛機的狀態。
China was full of contradictions, she said, starting with the growing gap between rich and poor.
她認為中國充滿了矛盾，首當其沖的就是貧富差距。
All the money that the children raise will be going to help children in poor parts of China.
馬拉松活動所得到的所有善款金額，用來改善中國貧困地區孩子們的的教學設備。
For what it is worth, I thought Mr Sorkin mumbled his way through a poor attempt to defend Mr Madoff in his closing argument.
不論有用與否，我認為索金先生在最后陳述中的含糊其辭，他的糟糕努力，都是在為馬多夫先生辯護。
Franklin created a similar character in Poor Richard Saunders, the pseudonym he used when he began to publish an annual almanac.
Franklin還創作了一個人物窮查理（PoorRichardSaunders），在出版他的年鑒時，就使用的這個筆名。
She is heartsick that she did not see his poor behavior before she married him.
她難過沒有在婚前看到他不良的行為。
He always stopped, said a few kind words to the poor man, and gave him a little money, but he did not take any of his matches.
他總會停下腳步，跟窮漢聊幾句，給他幾個小錢，但從不拿他的火柴。
Then poor tenants realizing they had allies just across the way began to stand up to the landlords who were scared to be too severe.
窮苦的佃農們發現，一路之隔就有自己的同盟者，便開始大膽地起來斗爭。地主被嚇怕了，也不敢過分作威作福。
If riding at night or in poor visibility you must switch on your cycle lamps, a white light to the front and a red light to the rear.
如在夜間或能見度低時騎單車，必須亮起單車燈：車頭亮白燈，車尾亮紅燈。
8 For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have Me.
約十二8因為常有窮人和你們同在，只是你們不常有我。
If the girl was born in a more prominent family the poor lad would be evicted out of the family's sphere of influence.
假如女子出生名門，她則會被驅逐出家族的勢力范圍。
As a young man, One day on his way home, he saw several laborer transporting a casket in a poor neighborhood.
在他年輕的時候﹐有一天他走在回家的路上﹐看到幾個工人在一個窮人區搬運棺材。
poor countries would compete by carrying out microeconomic reforms that make it easy to start and build companies.
通過宏觀經濟改革，使創辦企業變得容易，以此促使貧窮國家之間競爭。
But even in quite poor countries, a different concept of poverty also seems to creep in, the authors argue.
但是，學者們認為即使在非常貧困的國家，也開始對貧困不同的定義。
The poor lady, turning about to him, and looking at him with dying eyes, desired him to afford her one little moment to recollect herself.
那可憐的女子，轉向朝著他，用垂死的眼神看著他，希望他能給她一點點時間去拾掇自己。
We may first think of the distance between the Rich and the Poor, but why are the poor always in the state of poverty?
我們可能首先想到的是貧富差距問題，但為何窮人總是那么窮呢？
The captain appealed against the light(said the light was too poor for further play).
隊長對光線提出異議（認為光線太差不宜繼續比賽）。
He was determined to inquire farther into the confession made at Carlisle, and the fate of that poor innocent.
他決定進一步調查在卡萊爾所作的交待，以及那可憐的孩子的下落。
You can do a great many things if you're rich which would be severely criticized if you were poor.
有許多事，你窮的時候做，會受到嚴厲的指責，但現在你有了錢，你都可以做。
He tricked the poor girl out of her money.
他騙去了那個可憐女孩的錢。
"Poor chaps aren't so well off either these days, " said Mr. Bond, putting up one of his artificial smiles.
“這些日子可憐的房東也不怎么富裕呀，”邦德先生說，臉上裝出虛偽的微笑。
Poor fools! They did not understand that they were caught like stupid birds in our trap.
這幫可憐的糊涂蟲！已經象笨鳥一樣落進我們設下的圈套了，卻還蒙在鼓里。
The poor old man is beginning to dodder.
那位可憐的老頭開始變得衰弱顫抖了。
"That's not very bad, Mr. Stewart, " said the rival, "but you show a poor device in your warblers" .
“不太壞，斯圖蘭特先生，”那位對手說，“你吹奏百鳥朝鳳的手法還不很高明。”
Poor eyesight incapacitated him for the army.
視力不好使他無法參軍。
It was not her fault, poor lady, but proud men are sometimes like that, and there was nothing she could do.
這怎么能怪她呢，可憐的夫人，但是高傲的人有時就是這個樣子，她有什么法子呢。
