| 单词 | impecunious |
| 释义 | impecunious (once / 10120 pages) adj If you are hard up, broke, penniless, or strapped for cash, you could describe yourself as impecunious. Then maybe you could make some money teaching vocabulary words. Impecunious comes from the old Latin word for money, pecunia, combined with the prefix im, meaning not or without. But impecunious doesn’t just mean having no money. It means that you almost never have any money. If you go into the arts, you are most likely facing an impecunious future. If you gamble away your cash instead of saving it for rent, your landlord might throw you out for being impecunious. WORD FAMILYimpecunious: impecuniously, impecuniousness USAGE EXAMPLESThe formal study of the history of art, with its generally impecunious career prospects, may well remain a niche subject. New York Times(Oct 29, 2016) It is an unabashed account of the dismal lodgings, awful food, and terrible smells that make up the day-to-day existence of any impecunious twentysomething. The Guardian(Sep 27, 2016) But the Potter producers seem to be more worried about impecunious wizarding fans losing out than about the prospect of touts swiping surplus. Economist(Aug 17, 2016) adj not having enough money to pay for necessities Syn hard up, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched poor having little money or few possessions |
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