bad, evil, ill, poor, wicked

名詞 poor:

1. people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
   同義詞：poor people

形容詞 poor:

1. deserving or inciting pity
   同義詞：hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, wretched
2. having little money or few possessions
3. characterized by or indicating poverty
4. lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances
5. not sufficient to meet a need
   同義詞：inadequate, short
6. unsatisfactory

1. Some people may regard radio as the poor relation of broadcasting.
   有些人可能認(rèn)為無(wú)線電廣播在廣播事業(yè)中稍遜一籌。
2. Sparkling white wine is the poor man's champagne.
   白葡萄汽酒算是廉價(jià)的香檳。
3. He was too poor to buy a new coat.
   他窮得無(wú)法買新衣。

poor

adj.（形容詞）
poor.er,poor.est
Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.
貧窮的，窮困的：幾乎沒(méi)有或完全沒(méi)有財(cái)產(chǎn)的
Lacking in a specified resource or quality:
貧乏的：在某種特定的資源或數(shù)量上缺乏的：
例句：
an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.
缺乏木材和煤炭的地區(qū)；缺乏鈣的飲食

Not adequate in quality; inferior:
拙劣的，差的：在質(zhì)量上不足的；低等的：
例句：
a poor performance.
拙劣的表演

Lacking in value; insufficient:
不足的，匱乏的：價(jià)值上缺乏的；不足的：
例句：
poor wages.
薄微的工資

Lacking in quantity:
數(shù)量不夠的：
例句：
poor attendance.
寥寥無(wú)幾的與會(huì)者

Lacking fertility:
貧瘠的：
例句：
poor soil.
貧瘠的土地

Undernourished; lean.
營(yíng)養(yǎng)不良的；瘦的
Humble:
謙卑的：
例句：
a poor spirit.
謙卑的靈魂

Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable:
令人憐憫的：引起或值得憐憫的；可悲的：
例句：
couldn`t rescue the poor fellow.
無(wú)法搭救那個(gè)可憐的小伙子

n.(used with a pl. verb)（名詞）（與復(fù)數(shù)動(dòng)詞連用）
People with little or no wealth and possessions considered as a group:
窮人們：幾乎沒(méi)有或完全沒(méi)有財(cái)富或財(cái)產(chǎn)的一群人：
例句：
The urban poor are in need of homes.
城市里的窮人需要住房

來(lái)源：
Middle English poure
中古英語(yǔ) poure
from Old French povre
源自 古法語(yǔ) povre
from Latin pauper * see pau-
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) pauper *參見(jiàn) pau-

【引伸】
poor.ness
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>poor,indigent,needy,impecunious,penniless,impoverished,poverty-stricken,destituteThese adjectives mean lacking the money or the means requisite to an adequate or comfortable life.
這些形容詞都意為缺乏充足或舒適的生活所需的錢(qián)或手段。
Poor is the most general:
Poor 是其中最常用的：
例句：
.Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness. (Samuel Johnson).
.決心不做窮人：無(wú)論你有多少錢(qián)，都要再少花些錢(qián)。貧窮是人類幸福的大敵. （塞繆爾·約翰遜）。

Indigent andneedy refer to one in need or want:
Indigent 和needy 指一個(gè)需要或想要錢(qián)的人：
例句：
The town government is responsible for assistance to indigent people.
鎮(zhèn)政府負(fù)責(zé)給窮人提供幫助。

例句：
Local politicians used to distribute Thanksgiving turkeys to needy families.
地方政客們過(guò)去常給窮人家分送感恩節(jié)火雞。

Impecunious andpenniless mean having little or no money:
Impecunious 和penniless 意為有很少或沒(méi)有錢(qián)的：
例句：
.Certainly an impecunious Subaltern was not a catch. (Rudyard Kipling).
.一文不名的陸軍中尉當(dāng)然不值得去俘獲. （魯邊亞德·基輔林）。

例句：
If the breadwinner deserts the family, it will be left penniless. One who isimpoverished has been reduced to poverty:
如果家庭支柱離家出走，那么這個(gè)家庭將會(huì)一文不名。 Impoverished 形容一個(gè)人已陷于貧窮境地：

例句：
The dictator, whose greed and excesses had produced an impoverished citizenry, fled the country.
獨(dú)裁者逃離了他的國(guó)家，他的貪婪與殘暴已經(jīng)使這個(gè)國(guó)家的人民貧困不堪。

Poverty-stricken means suffering from poverty and miserably poor:
Poverty-stricken 意思是受貧窮折磨的或不幸地貧窮的：
例句：
.The poverty-stricken exiles contributed far more, in proportion . . . than the wealthy merchants. (John Lothrop Motley).
.貧困的流放者們作出的貢獻(xiàn)要比富裕的商人們作出的貢獻(xiàn)大得多. （約翰·洛斯羅普·莫特利）。

Destitute means lacking any means of subsistence:
Destitute 意思是沒(méi)有任何維持生計(jì)的手段的：
例句：
Some nations have no middle class;
有些國(guó)家沒(méi)有中產(chǎn)階級(jí)；

例句：
one group is rich, while the other is destitute.
一個(gè)群體富裕，而另一群體則十分貧窮

In informal speechpoor is sometimes used as an adverb, as inThey never played poorer. In formal usagemore poorly would be required in this example.
在一些非正式的語(yǔ)言中,poor 有時(shí)用做副詞， 例如句子They never played poorer。 正式的用法則應(yīng)在此例句中使用more poorly