poor

音标发音

• 英式音标 [pɔː; pʊə]
• 美式音标 [pʊr]
• 国际音标 [puə, pɔ:]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj. 贫穷的；可怜的；贫乏的；卑鄙的
• n. (Poor) （美）普尔（人名）

词源解说

• 1200年进入英语，直接源自古法语的poure；最初源自古典拉丁语的pauper，意为贫穷的，可怜的。

同根派生

• adj性质的同根词

  poorly：身体不舒服的；心情恶劣的。

• adv性质的同根词

  poorly：贫穷地；贫乏地；不充分地。

• n性质的同根词

  poorness：贫穷；拙劣；缺乏。

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用法辨析

adj. (形容词)

• poor的基本意思是“贫困的,贫穷的”,用于描写长期或临时处于贫困状态的人,也可指那些被认为没有足够钱的人所具有的卑劣、无知和不道德; 用于物时,还可作“低劣的,次等的”“贫乏的”“贫瘠的”解,主要指在数量上、质量上不足或低于期望值。可用作表语,也可用于名词前作定语,可用于比较等级。
• poor作“可怜的,不幸的,遗憾的”解时,指对境遇表示怜悯和同情,没有比较级和最高级,在句中只用作定语。
• poor前可加定冠词the而用如名词,表示一类人,意思是“穷人”,可以作主语、宾语,但不能加不定冠词,也不能在词尾加 -s 。the poor做主语时,谓语动词应用复数形式。

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英汉例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语: ～+ n.

• Many poor people gathered at the gate.
  许多穷苦人聚集在门口。

用作表语: S+be+～

• Other things being equal,Alice would marry Jim, not Tom, but Jim is poor, and Tom is rich.
  如果其他条件都一样,艾丽丝就会嫁给吉姆而不是汤姆,但是吉姆贫穷,汤姆富有。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

• He is poor in money, but rich in knowledge.
  他贫于金钱,但富于学问。

S+be+～+to- v

• She is too poor to satisfy her family's material needs.
  她太穷了,无法满足家人的物质需要。

其他: as n.

• The rich ought to help the poor.
  富人应该帮助穷人。

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词组短语

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• poor chance 机会不大

副词+～

• desperately poor 穷得走投无路
• incredibly poor 穷得令人难以置信

～+介词

• poor in 在…方面贫乏
• poor in minerals 矿藏贫乏
• poor in natural resources 自然资源贫乏

短语

• Working poor 穷忙族;在职贫穷
• POOR IRONING 烫工不良

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (NO MONEY) having little money and/or few possessions
• (BAD) not good; being of a very low quality, quantity, or standard
• (DESERVING SYMPATHY) deserving sympathy
• poor people considered together as a group

柯林斯英英字典

• Someone who is poor has very little money and few possessions.
• The poor are people who are poor. (the)
• The people in a poor country or area have very little money and few possessions.
• You use poor to express your sympathy for someone.
• If you describe something as poor, you mean that it is of a low quality or standard or that it is in bad condition.
• poorly
• If you describe an amount, rate, or number as poor, you mean that it is less than expected or less than is considered reasonable.
• poorly
• You use poor to describe someone who is not very skilful in a particular activity.
• poorly
• If something is poor in a particular quality or substance, it contains very little of the quality or substance.

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专业释义

经济学

• 贫穷的；可怜的；贫乏的；卑鄙的
• 贫穷的

生物学

• 贫乏的
• 可怜的
• 低产的;缺乏的
• 贫乏的;瘦弱的;劣质的