In other words, the prevalence of violent crime seems to predict mating preferences only in so far as it reflects a country's relative penury.(換句話說，就目前而言利用暴力犯罪的流行程度來預(yù)測擇偶偏好只適用于一個相對拮據(jù)的國家。)

From involuntary idleness, servile dependence, penury, and useless Labour, he has passed to toils of a very different nature, rewarded by ample subsistence.(他經(jīng)歷廠被迫失業(yè)、卑屈的依賴、赤貧和無用的勞動之后，現(xiàn)在正從事一個性質(zhì)完全不同的勞動，這種勞動將得到充足的物質(zhì)報酬。)

He was talking about the embarrassment penury - and advocating higher salaries for MPs.(這席話意指當(dāng)時議員們經(jīng)濟(jì)窘迫，并提倡提高議員待遇。)

One woman we talked to had started in such penury that four of her children had died of starvation or disease.(我們和另一個女人聊過。一開始，她窮困潦倒，有四個孩子或死于饑餓，或死于疾病。)

Extreme poverty; penury.(赤貧極度貧窮；)

Mr Thomas was born in penury and grew up with bare feet and intestinal worms.(托馬斯出身微寒，伴著光腳丫兒、肚里住著蛔蟲的日子長大。)

Laid-off workers fall into penury.(下崗職工陷入貧困。)

However, his finances remained precarious, with periods of prosperity and of penury.(然而，他的經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況始終不穩(wěn)定，時而富裕，時而貧困。)

A succession of bad harvest had reduced the small farmer to penury.(連續(xù)歉收使得這個小農(nóng)場主陷入了貧困境地。)

There are five parts in this paper:The first part stresses the mutual action of economy, society, environment and penury based on general definition of penury.(第一部分在討論貧困一般定義的基礎(chǔ)上，重點(diǎn)研究貧困與經(jīng)濟(jì)、社會及環(huán)境的相互作用。)