英语词汇“indigence”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Indigence is a synonym for extreme poverty. If you experience indigence, you have a critical need for food, money, and other resources.

To correctly pronounce indigence, accent the first syllable: "IN-dih-genz." It means "great lack of material resources," like money. Indigence a noun, and indigent, an adjective, are related words that have to do with need. If you are indigent — suffering from extreme poverty — you are living in indigence, the state of extreme poverty.

WORD FAMILY

indigent: indigence

USAGE EXAMPLES

Payment was a democratic innovation to ensure that poor citizens would not be prevented from civic engagement by indigence.

National Geographic(Nov 04, 2016)

Hostility to foreigners versus fear of indigence: scarcely a feast of reason and flow of soul.

The Guardian(Jun 13, 2016)

Plaintiffs say even when the company was well aware of their indigence, they were never told they could apply to have their court costs waived.

New York Times(Oct 01, 2015)

n a state of extreme poverty or destitution

their indigence appalled him

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

need, pauperisation, pauperism, pauperization, penury

beggary, mendicancy, mendicity

the state of being a beggar or mendicant

impoverishment, poorness, poverty

the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

单词	indigence
释义	indigence (once / 11110 pages) n Indigence is a synonym for extreme poverty. If you experience indigence, you have a critical need for food, money, and other resources. To correctly pronounce indigence, accent the first syllable: "IN-dih-genz." It means "great lack of material resources," like money. Indigence a noun, and indigent, an adjective, are related words that have to do with need. If you are indigent — suffering from extreme poverty — you are living in indigence, the state of extreme poverty. WORD FAMILY indigent: indigence USAGE EXAMPLES Payment was a democratic innovation to ensure that poor citizens would not be prevented from civic engagement by indigence. National Geographic(Nov 04, 2016) Hostility to foreigners versus fear of indigence: scarcely a feast of reason and flow of soul. The Guardian(Jun 13, 2016) Plaintiffs say even when the company was well aware of their indigence, they were never told they could apply to have their court costs waived. New York Times(Oct 01, 2015) n a state of extreme poverty or destitution their indigence appalled him Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper need, pauperisation, pauperism, pauperization, penury beggary, mendicancy, mendicity the state of being a beggar or mendicant impoverishment, poorness, poverty the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
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