一、詳細(xì)釋義:


adj.

貧窮的,貧乏的


例句:

The poor mother has wistful reminiscences of her lost youth.

這個(gè)貧窮的母親悵惘地回憶她已經(jīng)逝去的青春。


例句:

He was born into a poor family.

他出生于一個(gè)窮人家庭。


差的,低劣的,拙劣的,卑鄙的


例句:

Its poor service gave the restaurant a bad name.

這家餐館的服務(wù)差,名聲很壞。


例句:

His poor performance today is a far cry from that of last year.

他今天的拙劣表演與他去年的表演大相徑庭。


不幸的,可憐的,虛弱的


例句:

Her heart went out to the poor orphan child.

她從心里同情那可憐的孤兒。


例句:

He wanted to make amends to the poor woman.

他想跟這個(gè)可憐的女人和解。


例句:

I feel sorry for that poor child.

我為那個(gè)可憐的孩子感到難過。


對…不熟練的


例句:

The economy has longstanding weaknesses, such as poor skills and a congested transport system.

經(jīng)濟(jì)長期疲軟,就好像是不熟練的手藝和擁擠的公交系統(tǒng)。


乏味的,無聊的


例句:

In my opinion that is a poor book.

依我看來,那是內(nèi)容無聊的書。


貧乏的;缺少的;不充足的


例句:

That country is poor in natural resources.

那個(gè)國家自然資源貧乏。


例句:

This failure rate is attributed to many things, including poor marketing, poor management and poor planning.

其失敗可歸結(jié)于許多因素,包括匱乏的市場 、 薄弱的管理和蒼白的計(jì)劃。


謙卑的;卑微的

n.

窮人


例句:

He consecrated his life to helping the poor.

他獻(xiàn)身于幫助窮人。


例句:

The poor is ailing from inflation.

由于通貨膨脹,窮人們處境艱難。


二、詞義辨析:


bad,evil,ill,poor,wicked

這些形容詞均含“壞的”之意。 bad含義廣泛,指任何不好的或不合需要的品質(zhì)。 evil語氣比bad強(qiáng),強(qiáng)調(diào)道德上的邪惡不良,含狡猾兇險(xiǎn)或危害他人的意味。 ill與evil意義接近,但語氣弱一些,常指道德或性質(zhì)方面的不良。 poor普通用詞,側(cè)重指事物的質(zhì)量或數(shù)量低于標(biāo)準(zhǔn)或不合要求。用于指天氣與食品時(shí)可與bad通用。 wicked語氣比evil強(qiáng),指居心叵測,任意違反道德標(biāo)準(zhǔn),有意作惡。


三、相關(guān)短語:


poor devil

可憐的人,可憐的家伙


poor people

貧民


poor box

n. 慈善箱, 捐款箱


poor fish

愚蠢而又可憐的家伙


poor law

n. 濟(jì)貧法


四、參考例句:


That poor turtle!

可憐的烏龜!


But not poor students.

但貧困學(xué)生不在此列。


Stress leads to poor health, poor decision-making, poor thinking, and poor socialization.

壓力導(dǎo)致連鎖反應(yīng)——健康出問題、作出不明智的決定、產(chǎn)生歪曲的想法和引發(fā)不良的社會關(guān)系。


Poor Andy is hiccuping.

可憐的安迪正在打嗝。


He is very poor.

他很窮。


This man is poor.

這個(gè)男人很窮。


Poor food impaired her health.

粗劣的食物損害了她的健康。


Wood is a poor conductor.

木頭不是良好的導(dǎo)體。


Stop goading the poor beast!

別再驅(qū)趕那可憐的動物了!


To this poor provincialtown...

對這個(gè)狹小的小鎮(zhèn)來說。