penury

n. want,poverty,indi-gence 困乏，贫穷，贫困。
△As. 1.1.41(38):“What prodigal portion have I spent,that Ishould come to such penury?”难道我像浪子一样荡尽了产业，以至于落到这样困苦的地步吗？
△Lr.2. 3. 6: “and ambethought / To take the basest and most poorestshape / That ever penury,in contempt of man,/Brought near to beast.”(Penury is personified as de-liberately reducing man to the level of the beast so asto show how contemptible a creature man is.)我已经下决心扮作一副贫困为了糟蹋人，把人逼得近似畜牲，像那样极卑下、极可怜的形状。

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