首页英语词典poorpoor英英释意

poor

英[pɔː;pʊə] 美[pʊr]
  • adj. 贫穷的;可怜的;贫乏的;卑鄙的
  • n. (Poor)人名;(英、伊朗)普尔

英英释意


1. moderate to inferior in quality;
"they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"
"he would make a poor spy"
2. deserving or inciting pity;
"a hapless victim"
"miserable victims of war"
"the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy
"piteous appeals for help"
"pitiable homeless children"
"a pitiful fate"
"Oh, you poor thing"
"his poor distorted limbs"
"a wretched life"
3. having little money or few possessions;
"deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"
"the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"
4. characterized by or indicating lack of money;
"the country had a poor economy"
5. low in degree;
"expectations were poor"
6. badly supplied with desirable qualities or substances;
"a poor land"
"the area was poor in timber and coal"
"food poor in nutritive value"
7. not sufficient to meet a need;
"an inadequate income"
"a poor salary"
"money is short"
"on short rations"
"food is in short supply"
"short on experience"
8. unsatisfactory;
"a poor light for reading"
"poor morale"
9. yielding little by great labor;
"a hardscrabble farm"
"poor soil"