Poor

(adj.) unsatisfactory; 'a poor light for reading'; 'poor morale'; 'expectations were poor' .

(adj.) having little money or few possessions; 'deplored the gap between rich and poor countries'; 'the proverbial poor artist living in a garret' .

(adj.) lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances; 'a poor land'; 'the area was poor in timber and coal'; 'food poor in nutritive value' .

(adj.) characterized by or indicating poverty; 'the country had a poor economy'; 'they lived in the poor section of town' .

整理:李奥娜

• Then, collecting himself, he added in his usual tone, And what may it be your pleasure to want at so early an hour with the poor Jew? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• We should be rich men if we had 1000 pounds for every poor devil who has been done to death in that den. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The poor bent, enfeebled creature struck his imagination. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Poor Oliver tried to keep up with the coach a little way, but was unable to do it, by reason of his fatigue and sore feet. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I wish to leave the poor girls some little independence, as well as a good name. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I ran back for a light and there was the poor fellow, a great gash in his throat and the whole place swimming in blood. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Poor Rosamond's vagrant fancy had come back terribly scourged--meek enough to nestle under the old despised shelter. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Oh, my poor health! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• I'm a poor black feckless sheep--childer may clem for aught I can do, unless, parson, yo'd help me? 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• There was no Adrian to superintend and direct, while whole flocks of the poor were struck and killed. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• But some of the poorer free citizens followed mechanic arts, and, as we have already noted, would even pull an oar in a galley for pay. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In Roman catholic countries, the spirit of devotion is supported altogether by the monks, and by the poorer parochial clergy. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• They even profit by his underselling the poorer workmen who deal in the same way with him. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• And it was chiefly the poorer citizens of Athens who sustained this empire by their most vigorous and incessant personal service. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The rich grew richer and the poor poorer. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I wished him good night, and walked out of the shop the richer by that sum, and the poorer by a waistcoat. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I was sorry; I loved the child, and her loss made me poorer than before. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Not only was Miss Ainley poorer, but she was even plainer than the other old maid. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• My dear made the best of housekeepers and tried hard to save, but I knew that they were getting poorer and poorer every day. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• In Ireland, the inferior ranks of people are still poorer than in Scotland, and many parts of the country are almost as thinly inhabited. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Science was valid, art was valid, the poorest grubber in a laboratory was engaged in a real labor, anyone who had found expression in some beautiful object was truly centered. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• She would nurse the poorest whom none else would nurse. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• We should in the present times consider this as a very high price for a pair of stockings to a servant of the poorest and lowest order. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The suffragist who bases a claim on the so-called logic of democracy is making the poorest possible showing for a good cause. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Again the shrewd comment: Generally poorest district for light, best for power, thus evening up whole city--the effect of this on investment. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• But the ruling class do not want remedies; they care only for money, and are as careless of virtue as the poorest of the citizens. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• It was plain that if he were not grateful, he must be the poorest-spirited rascal who had ever found a generous friend. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The poorest creditable person, of either sex, would be ashamed to appear in public without them. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• A view of life in which man obediently allows himself to be made grist for somebody else's mill is the poorest kind of preparation for the work of self-government. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Among savages, the poorest of all nations, they are scarce of any value. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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