poor
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [p??; p??]
- 美式音標(biāo) [p?r]
- 國際音標(biāo) [pu?, p?:]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- adj. 貧窮的;可憐的;貧乏的;卑鄙的
- n. (Poor) (美)普爾(人名)
詞源解說
- 1200年進(jìn)入英語,直接源自古法語的poure;最初源自古典拉丁語的pauper,意爲(wèi)貧窮的,可憐的。
同根派生
- adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
- poorly:身躰不舒服的;心情惡劣的。
- adv性質(zhì)的同根詞
- poorly:貧窮地;貧乏地;不充分地。
- n性質(zhì)的同根詞
- poorness:貧窮;拙劣;缺乏。
用法辨析
- poor的基本意思是“貧睏的,貧窮的”,用於描寫長期或臨時処於貧睏狀態(tài)的人,也可指那些被認(rèn)爲(wèi)沒有足夠錢的人所具有的卑劣、無知和不道德; 用於物時,還可作“低劣的,次等的”“貧乏的”“貧瘠的”解,主要指在數(shù)量上、質(zhì)量上不足或低於期望值??捎米鞅碚Z,也可用於名詞前作定語,可用於比較等級。
- poor作“可憐的,不幸的,遺憾的”解時,指對境遇表示憐憫和同情,沒有比較級和最高級,在句中衹用作定語。
- poor前可加定冠詞the而用如名詞,表示一類人,意思是“窮人”,可以作主語、賓語,但不能加不定冠詞,也不能在詞尾加 -s 。the poor做主語時,謂語動詞應(yīng)用複數(shù)形式。
adj. (形容詞)
英漢例句
- Many poor people gathered at the gate.
許多窮苦人聚集在門口。 - Other things being equal,Alice would marry Jim, not Tom, but Jim is poor, and Tom is rich.
如果其他條件都一樣,艾麗絲就會嫁給吉姆而不是湯姆,但是吉姆貧窮,湯姆富有。 - He is poor in money, but rich in knowledge.
他貧於金錢,但富於學(xué)問。 - She is too poor to satisfy her family's material needs.
她太窮了,無法滿足家人的物質(zhì)需要。 - The rich ought to help the poor.
富人應(yīng)該幫助窮人。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
用作定語: ~+ n.
用作表語: S+be+~
S+be+~+ prep .-phrase
S+be+~+to- v
其他: as n.
詞組短語
- poor chance 機(jī)會不大
- desperately poor 窮得走投無路
- incredibly poor 窮得令人難以置信
- poor in 在…方麪貧乏
- poor in minerals 鑛藏貧乏
- poor in natural resources 自然資源貧乏
- Working poor 窮忙族;在職貧窮
- POOR IRONING 燙工不良
用作形容詞 (adj.)
~+名詞
副詞+~
~+介詞
短語
英英字典
- (NO MONEY) having little money and/or few possessions
- (BAD) not good; being of a very low quality, quantity, or standard
- (DESERVING SYMPATHY) deserving sympathy
- poor people considered together as a group
- Someone who is poor has very little money and few possessions.
- The poor are people who are poor. (the)
- The people in a poor country or area have very little money and few possessions.
- You use poor to express your sympathy for someone.
- If you describe something as poor, you mean that it is of a low quality or standard or that it is in bad condition.
- poorly
- If you describe an amount, rate, or number as poor, you mean that it is less than expected or less than is considered reasonable.
- poorly
- You use poor to describe someone who is not very skilful in a particular activity.
- poorly
- If something is poor in a particular quality or substance, it contains very little of the quality or substance.
劍橋英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
專業(yè)釋義
- 貧窮的;可憐的;貧乏的;卑鄙的
- 貧窮的
- 貧乏的
- 可憐的
- 低産的;缺乏的
- 貧乏的;瘦弱的;劣質(zhì)的