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indigence

英 /'ɪndɪdʒəns/ 美 /'indidʒəns,-dʒənsi/

n. 贫穷， 贫困

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  For one of the poets has said, 'Application to business is the root of prosperity, but those who ask questions that do not concern them are steering the ship of folly towards the rock of indigence'.

  有位诗人说道：心思用在生意上，乃是发财致富的根本； 凡是打听与此无关的问题的人，便是正在把愚蠢的船向贫穷的礁石撞去。

同根词

adj.indigent 贫困的；贫穷的（副词indigently）

同近义词

n.穷困；贫乏；贫穷

destitution / squalidness /