Word · Frequency #15311
paupers
穷人；贫民；靠救济度日者
paupers is the plural of pauper.
核心释义
a very poor person
- 1.
极度贫困的人
One who is extremely poor.
- 2.
非常贫穷的人
a person who is very poor
- 3.
靠公共救济生活的人
One living on or eligible for public charity.
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
用法In use
The old man lived like a pauper, wearing torn clothes and eating only bread.
用法提示：pauper 是名词，意为“贫民”，在句中作介词 like 的宾语。
After losing his job, he went from a comfortable salary to being a pauper within a year.
用法提示：pauper 是名词，表示“贫民”，用作介词 to 的宾语。
The charity was founded to help paupers find food and shelter.
用法提示：pauper 的复数形式 paupers 作 help 的宾语，表示“贫民”。
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。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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/.
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