impecunious

a. 没有钱的, 身无分文的, 贫穷的

发音

UK /ˌɪm.pəˈkjuː.ni.əs/
US /ˌɪm.pəˈkjuː.ni.əs/
UK /ˌɪm.pɪˈkjuː.ni.əs/
US /ˌɪm.pɪˈkjuː.ni.əs/

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Lacking money.

    "Then what became of her?" "Her? Which 'her'? The park is full of 'hers.'" "The lady with the green feathers in her hat. A big Gainsborough hat. I am quite sure it was Miss Hartuff." "Not improbably. I presume she does sometimes take the air. And possibly she may be the happy owner of a Gainsborough hat with green feathers." "Don't be frivolous, please. She was in that victoria." "Then perhaps she was too impecunious to drive both ways."

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词源

From im- + pecunious, from Latin pecūniōsus, from pecūnia (“money”) + -ōsus (“full of”).

来源:wiktionary