late 14c., from Old French indigence "indigence, need, privation" (13c.), from Latin indigentia "need, want; insatiable desire," from indigentem (nominative indigens), present participle of indigere "to need," from indu "in, within" + egere "be in need, want," from PIE *eg- "to lack" (cognates: Old Norse ekla "want, lack," Old High German eccherode "thin, weak").
雙語例句
1. His present indigence is a sufficient punishment for former folly.
他現(xiàn)在所受的困苦足夠懲罰他從前的胡作非為了.
來自辭典例句
2. The luxury of one class is counterbalanced by the indigence of another.
一個階級的奢侈全靠另一個階級的貧苦來維持.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. Dickens contrasts the opulence of France's nobility with indigence of her peasants.
鍬更斯比較法蘭西貴族的富裕與其農(nóng)民的貧窮.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Their indigence appalled him.
他們的貧窮讓他震驚.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. Dickens contrasts the opulence of Frances nobility with the indigence of her peasants.