pauper
英 ['p??p?]
美['p?p?]
- n. 乞丐；窮人；靠救濟度日者
- adj. 貧民的
- n. (Pauper)人名；(德)保佩爾；(法)波佩
GRETOEFL暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?paupers;
助記提示
富人多錢，窮人多廢紙。
中文詞源
pauper 窮人，貧民
來自拉丁語pauper,窮的，來自*pau,少的，小的，詞源同few,poor.
英文詞源
- pauper
- pauper: see poor
- pauper (n.)
- 1510s, "person destitute of property or means of livelihood," from Latin pauper "poor, not wealthy, of small means" (see poor (adj.)). Originally in English a legal word, from Latin phrase in forma pauperis (late 15c.) "in the character of a poor person," thus allowed to sue in court without legal fees.
雙語例句
- 1. He did die a pauper and is buried in an unmarked grave.
- 他死的時候一文不名，葬在一處無名墓穴中。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I'm not asking any girl to marry a pauper.
- 我是說我不會要求任何姑娘給一個叫化子.
來自飄（部分）
- 3. Each one of you will be given a title - Pauper Pauper?
- 你們每人可以得到一個頭銜――窮鬼.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Each one of you will be given a title - Pauper.
- 你們每人可以得到一個頭銜——窮鬼.
來自辭典例句
- 5. He becomes a pauper , and pauperism develops more rapidly than population and wealth.
- 工人變成赤貧者,貧困比人口和財富增長得還要快.
來自英漢非文學 - 共產黨宣言