impecunious

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im·pe·cu·ni·ous /ˌɪmpɪˈkjuːniəs◂/ adjectiveadj formal

POORhaving very little money, especially over a long period – sometimes used humorously 〔尤指长期〕没钱的，贫穷的〔有时为幽默用法〕

He came from a respectable if impecunious family.

他来自一个没钱但受人尊重的家庭。

—impecuniously adverbadv

—impecuniousness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

impecunious• It is obvious that Mr. Mahmoud was impecunious.• This warned the inhabitants that the average infantryman, in spite of his glamorous uniform, was lowly paid and impecunious.• With his Yorkshireman's eye for economy he was soon suggesting that the more impecunious aeronauts might seriously consider the process.• It was shown that translation work is undertaken even for impecunious clients.• Brown Institution trust funds were never adequate, but Twort preferred impecunious independence.• a gifted but impecunious painter• There is likely to be tension between landlord and tenant, between large landowners and impecunious peasants.• He was that rare thing in any society, especially in an impecunious society under arms: a leader who was loved.• For an impecunious woman of twenty-nine, the gulf was unbridgeable.

From Longman Business Dictionary

impecuniousim·pe·cu·ni·ous /ˌɪmpɪˈkjuːniəs◂/ adjectiveadj formal

having very little money

The university mainly caters for the most impecunious students who reach university level.

Origin impecunious

(1500-1600) pecunious “rich” ((14-19 centuries)), from Latin pecunia “money”

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