Word · Frequency #15311
paupers
穷人；贫民；靠救济度日者
paupers is the plural of pauper.
a very poor person
- 1.
One who is extremely poor.
极度贫困的人
- 2.
a person who is very poor
非常贫穷的人
- 3.
One living on or eligible for public charity.
靠公共救济生活的人
极度贫困的人；非常贫穷的人；靠公共救济生活的人；贫民；靠救济度日者
In use
The old man lived like a pauper, wearing torn clothes and eating only bread.
After losing his job, he went from a comfortable salary to being a pauper within a year.
The charity was founded to help paupers find food and shelter.
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。
die a pauper
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
pauper's grave 指由公共费用安葬的穷人坟墓，常含凄凉意味。
Connections
Collocations
- pauper's grave
- 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。
- pauper's funeral
- 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。
- die a pauper
- 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。
- pauper child
- 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。
- pauper's oath
- 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。
- pauper family
Learner notes
Memory Tip
pauper 开头“pau-”发音接近 poor，记住“poor 的人”就是 pauper，穷人靠救济过活。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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/.
Learn the forms together
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