| 单词 | poor |
| 释义 | poor (once / 18 pages) 1adjn 2adj Poor describes having little of something. If you lack needed food and shelter, you're poor, and if you fall below a standard or don't even try, you're giving a poor performance. Empty pockets and empty efforts both mean poor. Rich or wealthy often serve as opposites of poor. If you have material things, you're rich, and if you don't, you're poor. You can be full of knowledge but get poor grades if you're not studying, or you might be poor in terms of money but rich in friends and kindness. Poor can also be used as a noun, as in "Charity is aimed at helping the poor." WORD FAMILYpoor: poorer, poorest, poorly, poorness, poors+/poorness: poornesses USAGE EXAMPLESIn spite of his poor shooting night, Harden pulled up for a late three to squash a Wizards rally. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Shootings jumped 46% to 3,550, with most occurring in poor and minority neighborhoods on the South and West sides. Wall Street Journal(Jan 03, 2017) "While these sweet treats might be well meaning, they are also contributing to the current obesity epidemic and poor oral health," he added. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj having little money or few possessions deplored the gap between rich and poor countries the proverbial poor artist living in a garret Syn|Ant underprivileged lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society broke, bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-brokelacking funds destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-strickenpoor enough to need help from others hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinchednot having enough money to pay for necessities moneylesshaving no money unprovided forwithout income or means rich possessing material wealth abundantpresent in great quantity privilegedblessed with privileges affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed, wealthyhaving an abundant supply of money or possessions of value comfortable, easy, prosperous, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-doin fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich 2adj characterized by or indicating poverty the country had a poor economy they lived in the poor section of town Syn|Ant beggarly, mean marked by poverty befitting a beggar slummy(of housing or residential areas) indicative of poverty rich suggestive of or characterized by great expense deluxe, gilded, grand, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuousrich and superior in quality lavish, lucullan, lush, plush, plushycharacterized by extravagance and profusion 3adj lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances a poor land the area was poor in timber and coal food poor in nutritive value Syn|Ant resourceless lacking or deficient in natural resources rich having an abundant supply of desirable qualities or substances (especially natural resources) 4adj not sufficient to meet a need a poor salary Syn inadequate, short deficient, insufficient of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement 5adj unsatisfactory a poor light for reading poor morale expectations were poor Syn bad having undesirable or negative qualities 6n people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group) 2the urban poor need assistance Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper poor people rich, rich people people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group) homeless poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in needyneedy people collectively people (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively adj deserving or inciting pity Oh, you poor thing his poor distorted limbs Syn hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, wretched unfortunate not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune |
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