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poor单词基本解析:

adj.贫穷的,贫乏的; 令人怜悯的,可怜的; 匮乏的; 低劣的n.the poor 贫困者,穷人
adj.可怜的, 贫穷的, 低劣的 n.穷人
adj.贫穷的,贫乏的;令人怜悯的,可怜的;匮乏的;低劣的

poor变化用词:

比较级:poorer;最高级:poorest;
形容词比较级: poorer | 形容词最高级: poorest | 名词: poorness |

poor英英释义:

Adjective

1. moderate to inferior in quality;

"they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"

"he would make a poor spy"

2. deserving or inciting pity;

"a hapless victim"

"miserable victims of war"

"the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy

"piteous appeals for help"

"pitiable homeless children"

"a pitiful fate"

"Oh, you poor thing"

"his poor distorted limbs"

"a wretched life"

3. having little money or few possessions;

"deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"

"the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"

4. characterized by or indicating lack of money;

"the country had a poor economy"

5. low in degree;

"expectations were poor"

6. badly supplied with desirable qualities or substances;

"a poor land"

"the area was poor in timber and coal"

"food poor in nutritive value"

7. not sufficient to meet a need;

"an inadequate income"

"a poor salary"

"money is short"

"on short rations"

"food is in short supply"

"short on experience"

8. unsatisfactory;

"a poor light for reading"

"poor morale"

9. yielding little by great labor;

"a hardscrabble farm"

"poor soil"

名词 poor:

people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)

同义词:poor people

形容词 poor:

deserving or inciting pity

同义词:hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, wretched

having little money or few possessions

characterized by or indicating poverty

lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances

not sufficient to meet a need

同义词:inadequate, short

unsatisfactorypoor[ puə, pɔ: ]n.people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)

"the urban poor need assistance"

同义词:poor people

adj.deserving or inciting pity

"Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"

同义词:haplessmiserablemisfortunatepatheticpiteouspitiablepitifulwretched

having little money or few possessions

"deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"

characterized by or indicating poverty

"the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town"

lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances

"a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value"

not sufficient to meet a need

"a poor salary"

同义词:inadequateshort

unsatisfactory

"a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor"

poor中文词源:

poor用法和例句:

They were too poor to buy shoes for the kids.

他们穷得没钱给孩子买鞋穿。


We aim to help the poorest families.

我们的目标是接济最贫困的家庭。


It's among the poorer countries of the world.

它是世界上的贫穷国家之一。


They provided food and shelter for the poor.

他们为贫困者提供食物和住所。


Have you heard about poor old Harry? His wife's left him.

你听说了不幸的老哈里的近况吗?他妻子离他而去了。


It's hungry─the poor little thing.

它饿了,这可怜的小家伙。


‘I have stacks of homework to do. ’ ‘Oh, you poor thing . ’

“我有一大堆的作业要做哪。”“唉呦,你好可怜哦。”


the party's poor performance in the election

该党在选举中的表现欠佳


to be in poor health

身体不好


It was raining heavily and visibility was poor.

当时天下着大雨,能见度很低。


poor food/light/soil

劣质食品;昏暗的光线;贫瘠的土地


to have a poor opinion of sb (= to not think well of sb)

对某人评价很低


a poor swimmer

不擅游泳的人


a poor judge of character

不擅看人的人


She's a good teacher but a poor manager.

她长于教学,却拙于管理。


a poor sailor (= sb who easily gets sick at sea)

易晕船的人


a country poor in natural resources

自然资源贫乏的国家


The reason our schools cannot afford better teachers is because people here are poor...

我们的学校请不起好老师的原因是因为这里的人穷。

He was one of thirteen children from a poor family.

他是13名来自贫困家庭的孩子之一。

Many countries in the Third World are as poor as they have ever been.

很多第三世界国家仍和过去一样穷困。

...a settlement house for children in a poor neighborhood.

为贫民区儿童设立的街坊文教馆

I feel sorry for that poor child...

我为那个可怜的孩子感到难过。

Poor chap — he was killed in an air crash...

不幸的家伙,他死于空难。

The flat was in a poor state of repair...

公寓严重失修。

The gap between the best and poorest childcare provision in the European Union has widened...

欧盟最好和最差的儿童保育服务之间的差距扩大了。

...poor wages and working conditions.

低薪和恶劣的工作条件

He was a poor actor...

他是个蹩脚的演员。

Hospitals are poor at collecting information.

医院收集信息能力很差。

Fats and sugar are very rich in energy but poor in vitamins, minerals and dietary fibre.

脂肪和糖类热量很高,但维生素、矿物质和膳食纤维贫乏。

...soil that is poor in zinc.

缺锌的土壤

poor


Poor chap, his wife has just died.

不幸的小伙子啊,他刚刚死了妻子。


Don't make fun of the poor boy.

不要取笑那个可怜的孩子。


We had a poor crop of raspberries this year.

今年我们的悬钩子歉收。


The prospects for this year's wine harvest are poor.

今年的葡萄酒产量前景不佳。


In days of yore, we lived in poor.

从前,我们的生活很穷困。


They are the poor men living in a garret.

他们就是住在阁楼上的穷人。


They are poor but proud; they never borrow money or ask for help.

他们虽穷但很自重,他们从不向人借钱或求助。


They would stop the rich from robbing the poor.

他们要制止富人掠夺穷人。


Get third prize is poor consolation for all their hard work.

他们那麽努力才获得三等奖,真有点说不过去。


He will do almost anything for the poor, except get off their back.

他几乎任何事情都愿意为穷人做,除了从他们的背上下来以外。


He comes spring in the poor family.

他出身于贫苦的家庭。


He's a good batsman but a poor bowler.

他击球不错,但投球不太好。


He dishonorably exploited the poor by making them work for less pay.

他卑鄙地剥削穷人,要他们为他工作,却短付工资。


He is praised for his being all for helping the poor.

他因尽力帮助穷人受到了赞美。


He is a penny pinch because he grew up in a poor family.

他在穷人家长大,所以非常节省。


He was too poor to buy an astronomical telescope.

他太穷了,买不起天文望远镜。


He is too poor to maintain his family.

他太穷了,无法养活家人。


He was too poor to buy shoes for his family.

他太穷,无钱给家人买鞋穿。


He has lost his job, poor devil!

他失业了,可怜的人!


He did well by his poor relatives.

他对他的穷亲戚很慷慨。


He have great sympathy for the poor and the unfortunate.

他对穷人和不幸的人怀着深深的同情。


His concern for the poor is only a pose.

他对穷人的关心只不过是做做样子罢了。


His generosity to the poor is well known.

他对穷人的慷慨为人所熟知。


He is very downhearted about the poor grade he got in school.

他对糟糕的学业成绩感到十分沮丧。


He gives generously to the poor.

他慷慨地施舍给穷人。


His odds are very poor after he sprained his wrist.

他扭伤了手腕,获胜的可能性极小。


His spelling's poor but he's very quick at figures.

他拼写差,但算术好。


His latest effort is a poor excuse for a novel.

他最近的作品只是一部劣质的小说。


He gave the poor donkey a terrible lashing.

他狠命地抽打那头可怜的驴。


His illness was brought on by poor feeding.

他的病是饮食不佳引起的。


He was too poor to buy a new coat.

他穷得无法买新衣。


His poor handwriting can not be read by himself.

他糟糕的笔迹无法被他本人所辨认。


He remained poor all his life.

他终生贫穷。


He told us a romance about a prince who married a poor girl.

他给我们讲了一位王子娶了一个穷人家女孩的传奇故事。


He could feel their sarcastic tone about his poor work.

他能感觉到他们对他拙劣作品的讽刺语调。


His poor sight is a hangover from a bad illness he had.

他视力不好是他生了一场大病留下的后遗症。


He worked hard to produce good crops from poor soil.

他辛勤耕作,为使瘠薄的土地上长出好庄稼。


His poor little son fainted from hunger.

他那可怜的小儿子饿得昏厥过去了。


He bobbed the poor old woman out of her savings.

他骗走了那位可怜老妇人的积蓄。


Mps representing marginal seat are worried about the government's poor show in the opinion poll.

代表边际席位的下院议员对政府在民意测验中的坏的表现表示忧虑。


Irresolute persons make poor victors.

优柔寡断的人不会成为胜利者。


As a work of art it is very poor.

作为艺术品这是十分拙劣的。


You must not despise a man because he is poor.

你不可因一个人贫穷而轻视他。


You will strain your eyes by reading in such poor light.

你在这样弱的光线下看书会损伤视力的。


All your teasing of poor Michael is getting beyond a joke.

你拿可怜的迈克尔打趣可要出圈儿了。


Poor health may be a bar to success in life.

健康不佳可能成为人一生中取得成功的障碍。


Poor health may be a barrier to success.

健康欠佳可能成为取得成功的障碍。


The company ought to do something about the poor service.

公司应该对服务质量不佳一事采取些措施。


Stop digging at the poor child!

别再挖苦这个可怜的孩子了吧!


Stop taking the mickey (out of poor Susan)!

别取笑(可怜的苏珊)了!


I love him none the less because he is poor.

即使他穷,我还是爱他。


It's a poor sort of memory that only work backwards.

只会向后作用的记忆力可就差劲了。


Poor thing! He must be feeling awful now.

可怜的人儿!他现在一定不好受。


Poor girl, I feel for you, toothache is painful.

可怜的姑娘,我都替你难受,牙痛真够呛。


He's as plain as a pikestaff, poor boy, and keenly aware of it.

可怜的孩子,他相貌平平,而且有自知之明。


Poor bugger! His wife left him last week.

可怜的家伙! 他妻子上星期离开了他。


Poor Fred: he's gone to meet his Maker.

可怜的弗雷德,他已经去见上帝了。


Poor Mr White dropped dead in the street yesterday.

可怜的怀特先生昨天突然死在大街上。


Poor Bill's hitting the bottle again!

可怜的比尔又酗酒了!


Poor Bill, all his things are at gage.

可怜的比尔,他所有的东西都当掉了。


Poor Tom was snatching at straws when he took his dying son to another doctor.

可怜的汤姆把濒于死亡的儿子带去看另一位医生只不过是想争取最后一线希望。


Poor Mary had a time trying to get the children to go to bed.

可怜的玛丽为了让孩子们上床睡觉伤透了脑筋。


Poor John was exposed to the wind and rain.

可怜的约翰处于风雨交加之中。


Poor John was the butt of all their jokes.

可怜的约翰是他们嘲笑的对象。


Poor Lionel went to pieces after his wife died.

可怜的莱昂内尔在妻子死后垮了下来。


Jim failed in the exam, but he charged it to his poor health.

吉姆没通过这次考试,但他归咎于身体不好。


I love her all the better for her poverty (=because she is poor).

因为她穷,我反而更喜欢她。


He looks down on us by reason that we are poor.

因为我们穷,他瞧不起我们。


The poor suspension gives a rather bumpy ride.

因悬挂装置性能差,行驶时很颠簸。


The show had to be taken off because of poor audiences.

因观众太少而取消演出。


It is desirable that we (should) provide for the poor at Christmas.

在圣诞节施舍穷人是可喜的事。


Reading in a poor light may bring on a headache.

在昏暗的灯光下看书会引起头疼。


His aristocratic manners seemed ridiculous in this poor area.

在这个贫穷的地区,他的贵族气派显得很可笑。


It hurts the eyes to read in such poor light.

在这样暗的光线下看书对眼睛有害。


Poor posture will give you backache.

坐姿不好会使人腰背酸痛。


David give a poor account of himself in the boxing match.

大卫在这次拳击比赛中表现不佳。


The poor election results confounded the government.

失败的选举结果使政府惊慌失措。


She is by no means poor: in fact, she's quite rich.

她可不穷,其实她很阔。


She sent money year after year to help the poor.

她年年送钱帮助穷人。


Her own particular chip on the shoulder was her poor background.

她感到怨恨的特有原因是她的背景不好。

用作形容词(adj.)

The poor horse looked all skin and bone.
这匹马骨瘦如柴,看起来很可怜。

He was too poor to buy a new coat.
他穷得无法买新衣。

Sparkling white wine is the poor man's champagne.
白葡萄汽酒算是廉价的香槟。

Some people may regard radio as the poor relation of broadcasting.
有些人可能认为无线电广播在广播事业中稍逊一筹。

My eyes were tired from reading in a poor light.
因在不良的光线下阅读,我的眼睛很疲劳。

用作名词(n.)

Conditions in poor quarters were horrible.
城里穷人居住区条件十分糟糕。

She works hard for the welfare of the poor.
她为了穷人的福利而辛勤工作。