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a pauper
pauper 常带有书面或文学色彩，指非常贫穷、往往依靠救济生活的人。
He was a pauper with no family.
他是个无亲无故的穷人。
穷人；贫民；靠救济度日者
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
穷人；贫民；靠救济度日者
a very poor person
He was a pauper with no family.
他是个无亲无故的穷人。
极度贫困的人
One who is extremely poor.
非常贫穷的人
a person who is very poor
靠公共救济生活的人
One living on or eligible for public charity.
The old man lived like a pauper, wearing torn clothes and eating only bread.
那位老人生活得像贫民，穿着破衣烂衫，只吃面包。
After losing his job, he went from a comfortable salary to being a pauper within a year.
失业后，他在一年内从薪水优渥变成了贫民。
The charity was founded to help paupers find food and shelter.
这家慈善机构旨在帮助贫民获得食物和住所。
pauper 常带有书面或文学色彩，指非常贫穷、往往依靠救济生活的人。
He was a pauper with no family.
他是个无亲无故的穷人。
die a pauper 为系表性结构，强调死亡时处于贫穷状态。
The famous writer died a pauper.
那位著名作家去世时一贫如洗。
pauper's grave 指由公共费用安葬的穷人坟墓，常含凄凉意味。
He was buried in a pauper's grave.
他被葬在贫民墓穴里。
Not this
He is pauper.
Use this
He is a pauper.
pauper 是可数名词，单数形式不能单独作表语，须加冠词 a；表示“他是一个穷人/贫民”时要用 a pauper。
Not this
Many pauper live in that area.
Use this
Many paupers live in that area.
pauper 是可数名词，受 many 修饰时要用复数 paupers；汉语没有名词复数的形态变化，所以容易漏掉 -s。
Not this
He lives in pauper.
Use this
He lives in poverty.
pauper 指“穷人”这个人，不能表示“贫困”这一状态；要表达“生活贫困”应使用名词 poverty。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
贫民坟墓；无名墓
The lonely old man was buried in a pauper's grave.
那位孤独的老人被葬在了贫民坟墓里。
贫民葬礼；公葬
The parish paid for a pauper's funeral for the destitute widow.
教区为那位贫困的寡妇支付了贫民葬礼的费用。
穷困而死；身无分文地死去
The famous writer died a pauper in a small rented room.
那位著名作家在一间租来的小屋里穷困而死。
贫苦儿童；穷孩子
Many pauper children were sent to work in the factories.
许多贫苦儿童被送进工厂做工。
贫困宣誓书；穷人宣誓
To get legal aid, she had to sign a pauper's oath.
为了获得法律援助，她必须签署贫困宣誓书。
贫民家庭；赤贫家庭
The pauper family had no money to buy food for the week.
这个贫民家庭没有钱买这一周的食物。
贫民坟墓
He died penniless and was buried in a pauper's grave.
他身无分文地死去，被葬在贫民坟墓里。
贫困宣誓
She signed a pauper's oath to proceed without paying legal fees.
她签署了贫困宣誓书，以便不支付诉讼费就继续诉讼。
《王子与贫儿》
In Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper, the pauper Tom Canty swaps places with Prince Edward.
在马克·吐温的《王子与贫儿》中，贫儿汤姆·坎蒂与爱德华王子互换了身份。
Use pauper naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
pauper 开头“pau-”发音接近 poor，记住“poor 的人”就是 pauper，穷人靠救济过活。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学或历史叙述、法律或社会救济文书 pauper 比较正式，多用于文学、历史或法律等书面语境；日常口语中更常说 poor person 或 someone who is very poor。
None of these words rhyme with pauper as pronounced /ˈpɔpɚ/. They all share only the spelling ending -per. Paper (/ˈpeɪpɚ/) is a common lookalike but sounds very different. Popper (/ˈpɑpɚ/) is closest in stress and spelling, but its vowel is /ɑ/, not /ɔ/; they rhyme only in accents that merge /ɑ/ and /ɔ/.
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