| 单词 | pennilessness |
| 释义 | pennilessness (once / 437753 pages) n WORD FAMILY penniless: pennilessness+/penni: pennia, penniless, pennis USAGE EXAMPLESShe had wanted to wear her sister’s elaborate wedding dress, but their pennilessness called for something less formal. Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend(2001) His impulse is to be chivalrous, for chivalry is not regulated by income nor deadened by pennilessness. Betts, Lillian William, The Leaven in a Great City(2011) The prospect of abject pennilessness filled the damsel's eyes with woe. Locke, William John, The Belovéd Vagabond(2010) n a state of lacking money Syn|Hyper impecuniousness, penuriousness impoverishment, poorness, poverty the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions |
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