penury

[EUA]/ˈpenjəri/
[RU]/ˈpenjəri/
Frequência: Muito Alto

Tradução

n. pobreza extrema, falta.
Word Forms
Pluralpenuries

Frases de Exemplo

Hardship and penury wore him out before his time.

A dificuldade e a pobreza o desgastaram antes do tempo.

destitution, indigence, need, neediness, pauperism, pauperization, penury (en) - impecuniousness, pennilessness, penuriousness (en)[Dériv

destituição, indigência, necessidade, falta, pauperismo, pauperização, miséria (en) - dificuldades financeiras, pobreza, penúria (en)[Derivação

The family fell into penury after the breadwinner lost his job.

A família caiu na miséria após o principal provedor perder o emprego.

The charity aims to help those living in penury.

A instituição de caridade tem como objetivo ajudar aqueles que vivem na miséria.

She worked hard to lift her family out of penury.

Ela trabalhou duro para tirar sua família da miséria.

The penury in the region was exacerbated by the recent economic downturn.

A miséria na região foi agravada pela recente crise econômica.

Many elderly people are living in penury due to inadequate retirement funds.

Muitas pessoas idosas vivem na miséria devido a fundos de aposentadoria inadequados.

The novel depicts the protagonist's struggle to overcome penury and achieve success.

O romance retrata a luta do protagonista para superar a miséria e alcançar o sucesso.

The government implemented programs to alleviate penury in the rural areas.

O governo implementou programas para aliviar a miséria nas áreas rurais.

Despite his penury, he remained generous and kind-hearted.

Apesar de sua miséria, ele permaneceu generoso e bondoso.

The documentary sheds light on the challenges faced by those living in penury.

O documentário lança luz sobre os desafios enfrentados por aqueles que vivem na miséria.

Education is often seen as a way out of penury for many families.

A educação é frequentemente vista como um caminho para sair da miséria para muitas famílias.

Exemplos do Mundo Real

Luxury and penury have always coexisted there in uneasy tension.

Fonte: The Economist (Summary)

His is a world of violence, random death, corruption, hunger and penury.

Fonte: The Economist (Summary)

Had he stopped there, he would have faced a life on the edge of penury.

Fonte: The Economist (Summary)

Ashamed that she was poor and reduced to galling shifts and penury and work that negroes should do.

Fonte: Gone with the Wind

'Everything except this penury, ' replied Louis, unmoved.

Fonte: Lovers in the Tower (Part Two)

Remembering the bitter hungry days at Tara and her more recent penury, Scarlett felt that she could never eat enough of these rich dishes.

Fonte: Gone with the Wind

I should have wrecked and wasted in one way or another, either by penury or by luxury.

Fonte: News from Wuyou Township (Part 2)

By supplementing public coverage with private policies, the government hopes that people may just manage to escape penury in their old age.

Fonte: The Economist (Summary)

Meanwhile, the former is a high-wire act in which we fantasise generating an income from what we deeply love and yet we constantly fear penury and humiliation.

Fonte: The school of life

The government doesn't want to help all its citizens get out of penury, help them live a dignified life, dignified, because the salaries, salaries must be salaries.

Fonte: BBC Listening December 2018 Collection

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