pennilessness

pennilessness — 名詞

1. a condition in which someone has no money at all and cannot pay for even the mos

1.名詞C1
釋義

一文不名

完全沒有錢的窮困狀態

a condition in which someone has no money at all and cannot pay for even the most basic things such as food, housing, or medical care

例句

After the factory shut down, Tendai's family fell into years of pennilessness.

工廠關閉後，Tendai 一家陷入了多年的一文不名。

collocation: fall into pennilessness

The old photographs capture the artist's pennilessness during his early years in Paris.

這些舊照片記錄了那位藝術家在巴黎早年時期的一文不名。

formal register: capture + abstract noun

同義詞
  • destitution

    stronger and more urgent — suggests a life-threatening lack of basic necessities

  • indigence

    more formal and slightly dated; common in legal or historical writing

  • impoverishment

    focuses on the process of becoming poor rather than the resulting state

  • poverty

    more general and common; pennilessness is a more extreme form

反義詞

文法句型

pennilessness + of [someone's situation]

用法筆記

Commonly found in formal writing, journalism, and literature rather than everyday speech. In casual conversation, speakers usually say 'having no money' or 'being broke' instead.

常見錯誤

❌He has pennilessness.
✅He lives in a state of pennilessness.
💡The noun is uncountable and rarely used as a direct object of 'have'; it usually follows a preposition like 'in' or 'into'.