poor
- IPA[pɔː]
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- lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society；(of a place) inhabited by people with little money
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- 1. lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society they were too poor to afford a telephone the gap between the rich and the poor has widened 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of a place) inhabited by people with little money the world's poorest countries
- 2. of a low or inferior standard or quality many people are eating a very poor diet her work was poor 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ deficient or lacking in the water is poor in nutrients 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ dated used ironically to deprecate something belonging to or offered by oneself he is, in my poor opinion, a more handsome young man
- 3. (of a person) deserving of pity or sympathy they enquired after poor Dorothy's broken hip 同義詞 反義詞
- a person who claims to be poor in order to benefit from others: I am not crying the poor mouth but only telling it as it is
- talk disparagingly about: I used to poor-mouth corporate jets, but now that I've had the use of one I really appreciate it
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- a person who claims to be poor in order to benefit from others: I am not crying the poor mouth but only telling it as it is
- claim to be poor: the poor-mouthing museum is not exactly eager to publicize this good fortune
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- financial assistance given to the poor from state or local community funds.
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- a person or thing that is considered inferior or subordinate to others of the same type or group
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- a member of an impoverished white underclass, especially one living in the southern US.
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- a person or thing that is considered inferior or subordinate to others of the same type or group
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- a member of an order of Franciscan nuns founded by St. Clare of Assisi in c. 1212.
Oxford American Dictionary
- extremely poor: dirt-poor villages
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- lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society: people who were too poor to afford a telephone the gap between the rich and the poor has widened
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