| 词汇 | impecunious |
| 释义 | impecunious adjective formaluk /ˌɪm.pəˈkjuː.ni.əs/ us /ˌɪm.pəˈkjuː.ni.əs/ having very little money: 拮据的，手头紧的 impecunious studentI first knew him as an impecunious student living in a tiny apartment.我刚认识他时，他还是个穷学生，住在一间狭公寓里。 Synonyms destitute hard upinformal impoverishedformal indigentformal needy penniless penuriousformal poor(NO MONEY) poverty-stricken impecunious | Business Englishimpecunious adjective formaluk /ˌɪmpəˈkjuːniəs/us having very little money: The company suffered huge losses as its young, impecunious buyers failed to start to make payments when the first year of no payments was up. Examples of impecuniousimpecunious Petitioners recognized the influential position the abbess had obtained as a result of her own patronage of the exiled and impecunious royalists. Vergerio came from a respected but impecunious family. Indeed, the only really unwelcome thing about this volume is the price, at £120 likely to deter some libraries, let alone impecunious scholars. At £90, however, the hardback second edition represents a considerable investment for young or impecunious pathologists. The more impecunious a person is the greater the burden of even a small quantity of costs may be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What about the poor impecunious people who could not afford to employ lawyers? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not entirely a question of inventors being impecunious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It must exist, because impecunious persons have rights and the law is not an exact science. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Impecunious litigants continue either to be automatically exempt from paying fees or able to apply for fee remission or reduction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How can the poor and impecunious inventor or manufacturer have a chance of securing justice in those circumstances? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is he aware that the type of people who are penalised under this question are infinitely more impecunious than the usual recognised working classes? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A further provision was that, if the plaintiffs were impecunious, unless the litigation was funded, serious claims would never be investigated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have in mind a case where the plaintiff is suing an impecunious defendant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not satisfied that it is desirable to subsidise the wealthier landlord as well as the impecunious farmer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In these circumstances, unless impecunious people are going to be barred from the courts, the danger must exist. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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