pauper
英['pɔːpə]
美['pɔpɚ]
- n. 乞丐；穷人；靠救济度日者
- adj. 贫民的
- n. (Pauper)人名；(德)保佩尔；(法)波佩
词态变化
复数: paupers;
助记提示
富人多钱，穷人多废纸。
中文词源
pauper 穷人，贫民
来自拉丁语pauper,穷的，来自*pau,少的，小的，词源同few,poor.
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. He did die a pauper and is buried in an unmarked grave.
- 他死的时候一文不名，葬在一处无名墓穴中。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I'm not asking any girl to marry a pauper.
- 我是说我不会要求任何姑娘给一个叫化子.
来自飘（部分）
- 3. Each one of you will be given a title - Pauper Pauper?
- 你们每人可以得到一个头衔――穷鬼.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Each one of you will be given a title - Pauper.
- 你们每人可以得到一个头衔——穷鬼.
来自辞典例句
- 5. He becomes a pauper , and pauperism develops more rapidly than population and wealth.
- 工人变成赤贫者,贫困比人口和财富增长得还要快.
来自英汉非文学 - 共产党宣言