一、详细释义:
adj.
贫穷的,贫乏的
例句:
The poor mother has wistful reminiscences of her lost youth.
这个贫穷的母亲怅惘地回忆她已经逝去的青春。
例句:
He was born into a poor family.
他出生于一个穷人家庭。
差的,低劣的,拙劣的,卑鄙的
例句:
Its poor service gave the restaurant a bad name.
这家餐馆的服务差,名声很坏。
例句:
His poor performance today is a far cry from that of last year.
他今天的拙劣表演与他去年的表演大相径庭。
不幸的,可怜的,虚弱的
例句:
Her heart went out to the poor orphan child.
她从心里同情那可怜的孤儿。
例句:
He wanted to make amends to the poor woman.
他想跟这个可怜的女人和解。
例句:
I feel sorry for that poor child.
我为那个可怜的孩子感到难过。
对…不熟练的
例句:
The economy has longstanding weaknesses, such as poor skills and a congested transport system.
经济长期疲软,就好像是不熟练的手艺和拥挤的公交系统。
乏味的,无聊的
例句:
In my opinion that is a poor book.
依我看来,那是内容无聊的书。
贫乏的;缺少的;不充足的
例句:
That country is poor in natural resources.
那个国家自然资源贫乏。
例句:
This failure rate is attributed to many things, including poor marketing, poor management and poor planning.
其失败可归结于许多因素,包括匮乏的市场 、 薄弱的管理和苍白的计划。
谦卑的;卑微的
n.
穷人
例句:
He consecrated his life to helping the poor.
他献身于帮助穷人。
例句:
The poor is ailing from inflation.
由于通货膨胀,穷人们处境艰难。
二、词义辨析:
bad,evil,ill,poor,wicked
这些形容词均含“坏的”之意。bad含义广泛,指任何不好的或不合需要的品质。evil语气比bad强,强调道德上的邪恶不良,含狡猾凶险或危害他人的意味。ill与evil意义接近,但语气弱一些,常指道德或性质方面的不良。poor普通用词,侧重指事物的质量或数量低于标准或不合要求。用于指天气与食品时可与bad通用。wicked语气比evil强,指居心叵测,任意违反道德标准,有意作恶。
三、相关短语:
poor devil
可怜的人,可怜的家伙
poor people
贫民
poor box
n. 慈善箱, 捐款箱
poor fish
愚蠢而又可怜的家伙
poor law
n. 济贫法
四、参考例句:
That poor turtle!
可怜的乌龟!
But not poor students.
但贫困学生不在此列。
Stress leads to poor health, poor decision-making, poor thinking, and poor socialization.