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单词 poor
释义
Poor
nnoun.grouppeople without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
Domain Usage:pluralplural form
Synset:poor people
Examples:
  • the urban poor need assistance
Antonyms:rich peoplerich
Hypernyms:people
Inherited Hypernyms:poor peoplepeoplegroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:homelessneedy
Full Hyponyms:
homelessneedy
adj satadj.alldeserving or inciting pity
Synset:hapless miserable misfortunate pathetic piteous pitiable pitiful wretched
Examples:
  • 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
Antonyms:fortunate
Derivationally Related Form:wretchednesspathosmiserablenesspity
Inherited Hypernyms:hapless
Similar to:unfortunate
adjadj.allhaving little money or few possessions
Attributes:financial condition
Examples:
  • deplored the gap between rich and poor countries
  • the proverbial poor artist living in a garret
Antonyms:rich
Derivationally Related Form:poorness
Inherited Hypernyms:poor
Similar to:broke bust skint stone-broke stony-broke destitute impoverished indigent necessitous needy poverty-stricken hard up impecunious in straitened circumstances penniless penurious pinched moneyless unprovided for
See also:underprivileged
adjadj.allcharacterized by or indicating poverty
Examples:
  • the country had a poor economy
  • they lived in the poor section of town
Antonyms:rich
Derivationally Related Form:poorness
Inherited Hypernyms:poor
Similar to:beggarly mean slummy
adjadj.alllacking in quality or substances
Examples:
  • a poor land
  • the area was poor in timber and coal
  • food poor in nutritive value
  • the food in the cafeteria was of poor quality
Antonyms:rich
Derivationally Related Form:poorness
Inherited Hypernyms:poor
Similar to:resourceless
adj satadj.allof insufficient quantity to meet a need
Synset:inadequate jejune short
Examples:
  • an inadequate income
  • a poor salary
  • money is short
  • on short rations
  • food is in short supply
  • short on experience
  • the jejune diets of the very poor
Antonyms:sufficient
Derivationally Related Form:poornessshortnessjejunityjejunenessinadequateness
Inherited Hypernyms:inadequate
Similar to:deficient insufficient
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