| 釋義 |
penuryn. want,poverty,indi-gence 困乏,貧窮,貧困。 △As. 1.1.41(38):“What prodigal portion have I spent,that Ishould come to such penury?”難道我像浪子一樣蕩盡了產(chǎn)業(yè),以至于落到這樣困苦的地步嗎? △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.)我已經(jīng)下決心扮作一副貧困為了糟蹋人,把人逼得近似畜牲,像那樣極卑下、極可憐的形狀。 
penthouse-like |