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Poor English Pauper French Latin Meaning Povre Compound

正面 714.poor
英 [pɔː; pʊə]美 [pʊr]

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释义:
adj. 贫穷的;可怜的;贫乏的;卑鄙的n. (Poor)人名;(英、伊朗)普尔
例句:
1. Conditions for the poor in Los Angeles have not improved.洛杉矶穷人的境况仍未得到改善。

1. 谐音“破啊、破哦” --- 房子破破烂烂的 ---- 贫困的,贫穷的
poor 贫穷的,贫乏的,劣质的,差的来自古法语povre,穷的,弱的,不足的,来自拉丁语pauper,穷的,不富的,来自拉丁语*pau-paros,越来越少,越来越小,来自PIE*pau,少的,小的,词源同few,-paros,生育,产生,词源同parent.引申诸相关词义。
poorpoor: [13] Poor came via Old French povre from Latin pauper ‘poor’. This is thought originally to have been a compound meaning literally ‘getting little’, formed from paucus ‘little’ (a distant relative of English few) and parāre ‘get, prepare’ (source of English prepare). Its derivative paupertās has given English poverty [12], and pauper itself was acquired by English in the 16th century as a noun meaning ‘poor person’.=> few, pauper, povertypoor (adj.)c. 1200, "lacking money or resources, destitute; needy, indigent; small, scanty," from Old French povre "poor, wretched, dispossessed; inadequate; weak, thin" (Modern French pauvre), from Latin pauper "poor, not wealthy," from pre-Latin *pau-paros "producing little; getting little," a compound from the roots of paucus "little" (see paucity) and parare "to produce, bring forth" (see pare). Replaced Old English earm. Figuratively from early 14c. Meaning "of inferior quality" is from c. 1300. Of inhabited places from c. 1300; of soil, etc., from late 14c. The poor boy sandwich, made of simple but filling ingredients, was invented and named in New Orleans in 1921. To poor mouth "deny one's advantages" is from 1965 (to make a poor mouth "whine" is Scottish dialect from 1822). Slang poor man's ________ "the cheaper alternative to _______," is from 1854.poor (n.)"poor persons collectively," mid-12c., from poor (adj.). The Latin adjective pauper "poor" also was used in a noun sense "a poor man.""

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