poor

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

• 英式音標(biāo) [p??; p??]
• 美式音標(biāo) [p?r]
• 國際音標(biāo) [pu?, p?:]
• 英式發(fā)音
• 美式發(fā)音

基本解釋

• adj. 貧窮的；可憐的；貧乏的；卑鄙的
• n. (Poor) （美）普爾（人名）

詞源解說

• 1200年進(jìn)入英語，直接源自古法語的poure；最初源自古典拉丁語的pauper，意為貧窮的，可憐的。

同根派生

• adj性質(zhì)的同根詞

  poorly：身體不舒服的；心情惡劣的。

• adv性質(zhì)的同根詞

  poorly：貧窮地；貧乏地；不充分地。

• n性質(zhì)的同根詞

  poorness：貧窮；拙劣；缺乏。

• poor相關(guān)詞

用法辨析

adj. (形容詞)

• poor的基本意思是“貧困的,貧窮的”,用于描寫長期或臨時(shí)處于貧困狀態(tài)的人,也可指那些被認(rèn)為沒有足夠錢的人所具有的卑劣、無知和不道德; 用于物時(shí),還可作“低劣的,次等的”“貧乏的”“貧瘠的”解,主要指在數(shù)量上、質(zhì)量上不足或低于期望值。可用作表語,也可用于名詞前作定語,可用于比較等級。
• poor作“可憐的,不幸的,遺憾的”解時(shí),指對境遇表示憐憫和同情,沒有比較級和最高級,在句中只用作定語。
• poor前可加定冠詞the而用如名詞,表示一類人,意思是“窮人”,可以作主語、賓語,但不能加不定冠詞,也不能在詞尾加 -s 。the poor做主語時(shí),謂語動詞應(yīng)用復(fù)數(shù)形式。

• poor使用方法
• poor詳細(xì)辨析

英漢例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語: ～+ n.

• Many poor people gathered at the gate.
  許多窮苦人聚集在門口。

用作表語: S+be+～

• Other things being equal,Alice would marry Jim, not Tom, but Jim is poor, and Tom is rich.
  如果其他條件都一樣,艾麗絲就會嫁給吉姆而不是湯姆,但是吉姆貧窮,湯姆富有。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

• He is poor in money, but rich in knowledge.
  他貧于金錢,但富于學(xué)問。

S+be+～+to- v

• She is too poor to satisfy her family's material needs.
  她太窮了,無法滿足家人的物質(zhì)需要。

其他: as n.

• The rich ought to help the poor.
  富人應(yīng)該幫助窮人。

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詞組短語

用作形容詞 (adj.)

～+名詞

• poor chance 機(jī)會不大

副詞+～

• desperately poor 窮得走投無路
• incredibly poor 窮得令人難以置信

～+介詞

• poor in 在…方面貧乏
• poor in minerals 礦藏貧乏
• poor in natural resources 自然資源貧乏

短語

• Working poor 窮忙族;在職貧窮
• POOR IRONING 燙工不良

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• (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.

• poor劍橋字典
• poor柯林斯字典

專業(yè)釋義

經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)

• 貧窮的；可憐的；貧乏的；卑鄙的
• 貧窮的

生物學(xué)

• 貧乏的
• 可憐的
• 低產(chǎn)的;缺乏的
• 貧乏的;瘦弱的;劣質(zhì)的