English-Thai Dictionary
poor
ADJ คุณ ภาพ เลว ไม่ดี pitiful contemptible shabby excellent kun-na-pab-leo
poor
ADJ ต่ำต้อย น่าสังเวช น่าสงสาร disgusting tam-toi
poor
ADJ ยากจน ขัดสน ขาดแคลน อัตคัด ยากแค้น needy penniless scanty deprived wealthy well-to-do yak-jon
poor
N คนจน needy beggars kon-jon
poor laws
N กฎหมาย สงเคราะห์ คนจน kod-mai-song-kor-kon-jon
poor white
N คนผิวขาว ที่ ยากจน (โดยเฉพาะ ใน ภาคใต้ ของ อเมริกา kon-pil-kao-ti-yak-jon
poor-mouth
SL บ่น ซ้ำซาก เรื่อง ความจน มีเงิน น้อย bon-sam-sak-ruang-kwam-jon
poor-mouth
SL พูด ไม่ดี เกี่ยวกับ คนอื่น นินทา ติเตียน phu-mai-de-kiao-kab-kon-uen
poor-spirited
ADJ ขี้กลัว ขลาด ke-kua
poorhouse
N สถานสงเคราะห์ คนจน asylum almshouse harbor sa-tan-song-kor-kon-jon
poorly
ADJ สุขภาพ แย่ ไม่ ค่อย สบาย ailing unwell su-ka-pab-yea
poorly
ADV อย่าง เลว อย่าง ไม่ดี พอ defectively unsuccessfully yang-lro
poorness
N ความยากจน ความขาดแคลน need poverty starvation kwamyak-jon
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
POOR
a.[L. pauper. ] 1. Wholly destitute of property, or not having property sufficient for a comfortable subsistence; needy. It is often synonymous with indigent, and with necessitous, denoting extreme want; it is also applied to persons who are not entirely destitute of property, but are not rich; as a poor man or woman; poor people
2. In law, so destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.
3. Destitute of strength, beauty or dignity; barren; mean; jejune; as a poor composition; a poor essay; a poor discourse.
4. Destitute of value, worth or importance; of little use; trifling.
That I have wronged no man, will be a poor plea or apology at the last day.
5. Paltry; mean; of little value; as a poor coat; a poor house.
6. Destitute of fertility; barren; exhausted; as poor land. The ground is become poor.
7. Of little worth; unimportant; as in my poor opinion.
8. Unhappy; pitiable.
Vex'd sailors curse the rain
For which poor shepherds pray'd in vain.
9. Mean; depressed; low; dejected; destitute of spirit.
A soothsayer made Antonius believe that his genius, which was otherwise brave, was, in the presence of Octavianus, poor and cowardly.
1 . Lean; emaciated; as a poor horse. The ox is poor.
11. Small, or of a bad quality; as a poor crop; a poor harvest.
12. Uncomfortable; restless; ill. The patient has had a poor night.
13. Destitute of saving grace. Revelation 3:17.
14. In general, wanting good qualities, or the qualities which render a thing valuable, excellent, proper, or sufficient for its purpose; as a poor pen; a poor ship; a poor carriage; poor fruit; poor bread; poor wine, etc.
15. A word of tenderness or pity; dear.
Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing.
16. A word of slight contempt; wretched.
The poor monk never saw many of the decrees and councils he had occasion to use.
17. The poor, collectively, used as a noun; those who are destitute of property; the indigent; the needy; in a legal sense, those who depend on charity or maintenance by the public.
I have observed the more public provisions are made for the poor, the less they provide for themselves.
Poor in spirit, in a Scriptural sense, humble; contrite; abased in one's own sight by a sense of guilt. Matthew 5:3.
POORJOHN
n.A sort of fish [callarius ] of the genus Gadus.
POORLY
adv. Without wealth; in indigence or want of the conveniences and comforts of life; as, to live poorly. 1. With little or no success; with little growth, profit or advantage; as, wheat grows poorly on the Atlantic borders of New England; these men have succeeded poorly in business.
2. Meanly; without spirit.
Nor is their courage or their wealth so low,
That from his wars they poorly would retire.
3. Without excellence or dignity. He performs poorly in elevated characters.
POORLY
a.Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health; a common use of the word in America. For three or four weeks past I have lost ground, having been poorly in health.
POORNESS
n.Destitution of property; indigence; poverty; want; as the poorness of the exchequer. No less I hate him than the gates of hell,
That poorness can force an untruth to tell.
[In this sense, we generally use poverty. ]
1. Meanness; lowness; want of dignity; as the poorness of language.
2. Want of spirit; as poorness and degeneracy of spirit.
3. Barrenness; sterility; as the poorness of land or soil.
4. Unproductiveness; want of the metallic substance; as the poorness of ore.
5. Smallness or bad quality; as the poorness of crops or of grain.
6. Want of value or importance; as the poorness of a plea.
7. Want of good qualities, or the proper qualities which constitute a thing good in its kind; as the poorness of a ship or of cloth.
8. Narrowness; barrenness; want of capacity.
Poorness of spirit, in a theological sense, true humility or contrition of heart on account of sin.
POOR-SPIRITED
a.Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base.
POOR-SPIRITEDNESS
n.Meanness or baseness of spirit; cowardice.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
POOR
Poor, a. [Compar. Poorer (; 254 ); superl. Poorest.] Etym: [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see Paucity, Few ), and the second to parare to prepare, procure. See Few, and cf. Parade, Pauper, Poverty. ]
1. Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.
Note: It is often synonymous with indigent and with necessitous denoting extreme want. It is also applied to persons who are not entirely destitute of property, but who are not rich; as, a poor man or woman; poor people.
2. (Law )
Defn: So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.
3. Hence, in very various applications:
Defn: Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected; as: (a ) Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc. "Seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed." Gen. xli. 19. (b ) Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits. "His genius. .. poor and cowardly. " Bacon. (c ) Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings. "A poor vessel. " Clarendon. (d ) Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil. (e ) Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture. (f ) Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night. (g ) Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse. That I have wronged no man will be a poor plea or apology at the last day. Calamy.
4. Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt. And for mine own poor part, Look you, I'll go pray. Shak. Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing. Prior.
5. Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek. "Blessed are the poor in spirit. " Matt. v. 3. Poor law, a law providing for, or regulating, the relief or support of the poor. -- Poor man's treacle (Bot. ), garlic; -- so called because it was thought to be an antidote to animal poison. [Eng ] Dr. Prior. -- Poor man's weatherglass (Bot. ), the red-flowered pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis ), which opens its blossoms only in fair weather. -- Poor rate, an assessment or tax, as in an English parish, for the relief or support of the poor. -- Poor soldier (Zoöl.), the friar bird. -- The poor, those who are destitute of property; the indigent; the needy. In a legal sense, those who depend on charity or maintenance by the public. "I have observed the more public provisions are made for the poor, the less they provide for themselves. " Franklin.
POOR
POOR Poor, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small European codfish (Gadus minutus ); -- called also power cod.
POORBOX
POORBOX Poor "box `, n.
Defn: A receptacle in which money given for the poor is placed.
POORHOUSE
POORHOUSE Poor "house `, n.
Defn: A dwelling for a number of paupers maintained at public expense; an almshouse; a workhouse.
POOR-JOHN
POOR-JOHN Poor "-john `, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small European fish, similar to the cod, but of inferior quality. Poor-john and apple pies are all our fare. Sir J. Harrington.
POORLINESS
POORLINESS Poor "li *ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being poorly; ill health.
POORLY
POORLY Poor "ly, adv.
1. In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort; as, to live poorly.
2. With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage; as, to do poorly in business.
3. Meanly; without spirit. Nor is their courage or their wealth so low, That from his wars they poorly would retire. Dryden.
4. Without skill or merit; as, he performs poorly. Poorly off, not well off; not rich.
POORLY
POORLY Poor "ly, a.
Defn: Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health. "Having been poorly in health. " T. Scott.
POORNESS
POORNESS Poor "ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective ). Bacon.
POOR-SPIRITED
POOR-SPIRITED Poor "-spir `it *ed, a.
Defn: Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base. -- Poor "-spir `it *ed *ness, n.
POOR-WILL
Poor "-will `, n. Etym: [So called in imitation of its note. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A bird of the Western United States (Phalænoptilus Nutalli ) allied to the whip-poor-will.
POOR-WILLIE
Poor "-wil `lie, n. Etym: [So called in imitation of its note. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng. ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
poor
poor |po͝or, pôr pʊ (ə )r pɔ (ə )r | ▶adjective 1 lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society: people who were too poor to afford a telephone | (as noun the poor ) : the gap between the rich and the poor has widened. • (of a place ) inhabited by people without sufficient money: a poor area with run-down movie theaters and overcrowded schools. 2 worse than is usual, expected, or desirable; of a low or inferior standard or quality: her work was poor | many people are eating a very poor diet. • [ predic. ] (poor in ) deficient or lacking in: the water is poor in nutrients. • dated used ironically to deprecate something belonging to or offered by oneself: he is, in my poor opinion, a more handsome young man. 3 [ attrib. ] (of a person ) considered to be deserving of pity or sympathy: they inquired after poor Dorothy's broken hip. PHRASES ( as ) poor as a church mouse (or as church mice ) extremely poor. poor little rich boy (or girl ) a wealthy young person whose money brings them no contentment (often used as an expression of mock sympathy ).the poor man's —— an inferior or cheaper substitute for the thing specified: corduroy has always been the poor man's velvet. poor relation a person or thing that is considered inferior or subordinate to others of the same type or group: for many years radio has been the poor relation of the media. take a poor view of regard with disfavor or disapproval. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French poure, from Latin pauper .
poor box
poor box ▶noun historical a collection box, esp. one in a church, for gifts of money or other articles toward the relief of the poor.
poor boy
poor boy ▶noun another term for submarine sandwich.
Poor Clare
Poor Clare ▶noun a member of an order of Franciscan nuns founded by St. Clare of Assisi in c. 1212.
poorhouse
poor house |ˈpo͝orˌhous, ˈpôr -ˈpʊ (ə )rˌhaʊs ˈˌpɔ (ə )rˌhaʊs | ▶noun historical an institution where paupers were maintained with public funds.
poori
poo ri |ˈpo͝orē ˈpʊri | ▶noun ( pl. pooris ) puri.
Poor Law
Poor Law |ˈpʊ (ə )r ˌlɔ | ▶noun Brit. historical a law relating to the support of the poor. Originally the responsibility of the parish, the relief and employment of the poor passed over to the workhouses in 1834. In the early 20th century, the Poor Law was replaced by social security.
poorly
poor ly |ˈpo͝orlē, ˈpôr -ˈpʊ (ə )rli ˈpɔ (ə )rli | ▶adverb in a way or at a level that is considered inadequate: schools that were performing poorly | [ as submodifier ] : a few poorly articulated words. • with insufficient money or resources: he lived as poorly as his peasant parishioners. ▶adjective unwell: she looked poorly.
poor man's weather glass
poor man's wea ¦ther glass ▶noun the scarlet pimpernel. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: so named because its flowers close before rain.
poor-me-one
poor-me-one ▶noun W. Indian the common potoo (bird ), which has a nocturnal call consisting of a number of descending notes. ORIGIN imitative of its call.
poor-mouth
poor-mouth ▶verb informal 1 [ with obj. ] talk disparagingly about: I used to poor-mouth corporate jets, but now that I've had the use of one I really appreciate it. 2 [ no obj. ] claim to be poor: (as adj. poor-mouthing ) : the poor-mouthing museum is not exactly eager to publicize this good fortune.
poorness
poor ness |ˈpo͝ornəs, ˈpôr -ˈpʊ (ə )rnəs ˈpɔ (ə )rnəs | ▶noun the state of lacking or being deficient in some desirable quality or constituent: the poorness of the food.
poor rate
poor rate ▶noun historical a local tax levied by a parish to finance the relief or support of the poor.
poor relief
poor re ¦lief ▶noun [ mass noun ] historical financial assistance given to the poor from state or local community funds.
poor-spirited
poor-spir it ed ▶adjective archaic timid; cowardly.
poort
poort |ˈpʊət | ▶noun [ often in place names ] S. African a narrow pass through mountains. ORIGIN South African Dutch, ‘passage ’, from Dutch poort ‘gate ’.
poor white
poor white ▶noun derogatory a member of a group of white people regarded as socially inferior, esp. one living in the southern US.
poor-will
poor-will |ˈpo͝or ˌwil pʊrˈwɪl |(also poorwill ) ▶noun a small nightjar found mainly in central and western North America. [Three genera in the family Caprimulgidae: four species, in particular the common poor-will (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii ), which hibernates in cold weather. ] ORIGIN late 19th cent.: imitative of its call.
Oxford Dictionary
poor
poor |pɔː, pʊə | ▶adjective 1 lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society: they were too poor to afford a telephone | (as plural noun the poor ) : the gap between the rich and the poor has widened. • (of a place ) inhabited by people with little money: the world's poorest countries. 2 of a low or inferior standard or quality: many people are eating a very poor diet | her work was poor. • (poor in ) deficient or lacking in: the water is poor in nutrients. • dated used ironically to deprecate something belonging to or offered by oneself: he is, in my poor opinion, a more handsome young man. 3 [ attrib. ] (of a person ) deserving of pity or sympathy: they enquired after poor Dorothy's broken hip. PHRASES ( as ) poor as a church mouse extremely poor. poor little rich boy (or girl ) a wealthy young person whose money brings them no contentment. the poor man's —— an inferior or cheaper substitute for the thing specified: corduroy has always been the poor man's velvet. poor relation a person or thing that is considered inferior or subordinate to others of the same type or group: for many years radio has been the poor relation of the media. take a poor view of regard with disapproval. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French poure, from Latin pauper .
poor box
poor box ▶noun historical a collection box, especially one in a church, for gifts of money or other articles towards the relief of the poor.
poor boy
poor boy (also poor-boy sandwich ) ▶noun US a large oval sandwich filled with a range of simple but substantial ingredients.
Poor Clare
Poor Clare ▶noun a member of an order of Franciscan nuns founded by St Clare of Assisi in c. 1212.
poorhouse
poor |house |ˈpɔːhaʊs, ˈpʊəhaʊs | ▶noun Brit. another term for workhouse.
Poor Law
Poor Law ▶noun Brit. historical a law relating to the support of the poor. Originally the responsibility of the parish, the relief and employment of the poor passed over to the workhouses in 1834. In the early 20th century the Poor Law was replaced by schemes of social security.
poorly
poorly |ˈpɔːli, ˈpʊəli | ▶adverb 1 in a way that is unsatisfactory or inadequate: schools that were performing poorly | [ as submodifier ] : a poorly attended church. 2 with insufficient money: he lived as poorly as his peasant parishioners. ▶adjective chiefly Brit. unwell: she looked poorly.
poor man's orchid
poor man's or ¦chid ▶noun another term for schizanthus.
poor man's weather glass
poor man's wea ¦ther glass ▶noun the scarlet pimpernel. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: so named because its flowers close before rain.
poor-me-one
poor-me-one ▶noun W. Indian the common potoo (bird ), which has a nocturnal call consisting of a number of descending notes. ORIGIN imitative of its call.
poor mouth
poor mouth N. Amer. & Irish informal ▶noun a person who claims to be poor in order to benefit from others. ▶verb ( poor-mouth ) 1 [ no obj. ] claim to be poor. 2 [ with obj. ] talk disparagingly about: don't let those girls poor-mouth you.
poorness
poor |ness |ˈpɔːnɪs, ˈpʊənɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the state of lacking or being deficient in some desirable quality or constituent: the poorness of the food.
poor rate
poor rate ▶noun historical a local tax levied by a parish to finance the relief or support of the poor.
poor relief
poor re ¦lief ▶noun [ mass noun ] historical financial assistance given to the poor from state or local community funds.
poor-spirited
poor-spirited ▶adjective archaic timid; cowardly.
poort
poort |ˈpʊət | ▶noun [ often in place names ] S. African a narrow pass through mountains. ORIGIN South African Dutch, ‘passage ’, from Dutch poort ‘gate ’.
poor white
poor white ▶noun derogatory a member of an impoverished white underclass, especially one living in the southern US.
poorwill
poor |will |ˈpɔːwɪl, ˈpʊəwɪl | ▶noun a small nightjar found mainly in central and western North America. ●Three genera in the family Caprimulgidae: four species, in particular the common poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii ), which hibernates in cold weather. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: imitative of its call.
American Oxford Thesaurus
poor
poor adjective 1 a poor family: poverty-stricken, penniless, moneyless, impoverished, low-income, necessitous, impecunious, indigent, needy, destitute, pauperized, unable to make ends meet, without a sou; insolvent, in debt, without a cent (to one's name ); informal (flat ) broke, hard up, cleaned out, strapped; formal penurious. ANTONYMS rich, wealthy. 2 poor workmanship: substandard, below par, bad, deficient, defective, faulty, imperfect, inferior; appalling, abysmal, atrocious, awful, terrible, dreadful, unsatisfactory, second-rate, third-rate, tinpot, shoddy, crude, lamentable, deplorable, inadequate, unacceptable; informal crummy, lame, crappy, dismal, bum, rotten. ANTONYMS superior. 3 a poor crop: meager, scanty, scant, paltry, disappointing, limited, reduced, modest, insufficient, inadequate, sparse, spare, deficient, insubstantial, skimpy, short, small, lean, slender; informal measly, stingy, pathetic, piddling; formal exiguous. ANTONYMS satisfactory, good. 4 poor soil: unproductive, barren, unyielding, unfruitful; arid, sterile. ANTONYMS fertile, productive. 5 the waters are poor in nutrients: deficient in, lacking in, wanting in, weak in; short of, low on. 6 you poor thing! unfortunate, unlucky, luckless, unhappy, hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, pitiable, pitiful, wretched. ANTONYMS lucky. WORD SPECTRUM: rich / poor See rich Word Spectrums show shades of meaning between two polar opposites.
poorly
poorly adverb the text is poorly written: badly, deficiently, defectively, imperfectly, incompetently; appallingly, abysmally, atrociously, awfully, dreadfully; crudely, shoddily, inadequately. ▶adjective she felt poorly: ill, unwell, not (very ) well, ailing, indisposed, out of sorts, under /below par, peaked; sick, queasy, nauseous; off; informal under the weather, funny, peculiar, lousy, rough.
Oxford Thesaurus
poor
poor adjective 1 a poor family: poverty-stricken, impoverished, necessitous, beggarly, in penury, penurious, impecunious, indigent, needy, needful, in need /want, badly off, in reduced circumstances, in straitened circumstances, destitute, hard up, short of money, on one's beam-ends, unable to make ends meet, underprivileged, deprived, penniless, without a sou, as poor as a church mouse, moneyless; bankrupt, bust, insolvent, in debt, in the red; Brit. on the breadline, without a penny (to one's name ); informal broke, flat broke, cleaned out, strapped for cash, strapped, on one's uppers, without two pennies /(brass ) farthings to rub together; Brit. informal stony broke, skint, in Queer Street; N. Amer. informal stone broke; rare pauperized, beggared. ANTONYMS rich, wealthy. 2 poor workmanship: substandard, below standard, below par, bad, deficient, defective, faulty, imperfect, inferior, mediocre; abject, appalling, abysmal, atrocious, awful, terrible, dismal, dreadful, unsatisfactory, low-grade, second-rate, third-rate, jerry-built, shoddy, crude, tinny, trashy, rubbishy, miserable, wretched, lamentable, deplorable, pitiful, inadequate, insufficient, unacceptable, execrable, frightful; informal crummy, dire, bum, diabolical, rotten, sad, tatty, tenth-rate; Brit. informal ropy, duff, rubbish, pants, a load of pants, grotty; vulgar slang crap, crappy; archaic direful; rare egregious. ANTONYMS superior. 3 a poor crop of apples: meagre, scanty, scant, paltry, limited, disappointing, restricted, reduced, modest, insufficient, inadequate, sparse, spare, deficient, negligible, insubstantial, skimpy, short, little, lean, small, slight, slender; miserable, lamentable, pitiful, puny, niggardly, beggarly; informal measly, stingy, pathetic, piddling; rare exiguous. ANTONYMS satisfactory, good. 4 poor soil: unproductive, barren, unyielding, unfruitful, uncultivatable; depleted, exhausted, bare, arid, sterile; rare infecund; N. Amer. rare hardscrabble. ANTONYMS fertile, productive. 5 tropical oceanic waters are generally poor in nutrients: deficient in, lacking (in ), wanting (in ), short of /on, low on, missing, with an insufficiency of, with too few /little …. ANTONYMS rich in. 6 you poor thing: unfortunate, unlucky, luckless, unhappy, hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, pitiable, pitiful, wretched. ANTONYMS lucky.
poorly
poorly adverb the text is poorly written: badly, deficiently, defectively, faultily, imperfectly, unsuccessfully, incompetently, inexpertly, abjectly, appallingly, abysmally, atrociously, awfully, terribly, dismally, dreadfully; crudely, shoddily, inadequately, unsatisfactorily, unacceptably, execrably, frightfully; informal crummily, diabolically. ▶adjective Brit. she felt poorly yesterday: ill, unwell, indisposed, ailing, not (very ) well, not oneself, not in good shape, out of sorts, not up to par, under /below par, peaky, liverish; sick, queasy, nauseous; Brit. off, off colour; informal under the weather, not up to snuff, funny, peculiar, crummy, lousy, rough; Brit. informal ropy, grotty; Scottish informal wabbit; Austral. /NZ informal crook; dated queer, seedy.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
poor
poor /pʊə r |pɔː, pʊə / (! /pɔː /は若者に多い ) 〖語源は 「少ない 」〗(副 )poorly, (名 )poverty 形容詞 ～er ; ～est 1 a. 〈国 人 地域が 〉貧しい , 貧乏な, 貧困の (↔rich )▸ the wage gap between rich and poor countries 富める国と貧しい国の賃金格差 ▸ come from a poor family 貧しい家の出である ▸ poor neighborhood 貧民窟 （くつ ）▸ grow up poor 貧しい環境で育つ (!｟コーパス ｠grow up, be bornなどの補語として ) .b. 〖the ～; 名詞的に; 集合的に 〗貧しい人々 [階級 ] (!複数扱い ) ▸ help the (very ) poor (非常に )貧しい人々を助ける ▸ the working poor 貧困労働者 ▸ the poorest of the poor 極貧の人々 .2 〈品質 状況などが 〉乏しい , 粗末な, 貧弱な, 芳しくない ; 〈記憶力 視力が 〉弱い, 劣って ; 〈土壌が 〉やせて ; 〈可能性が 〉低い ; 〈判断 言い訳が 〉不適切な ; 〈健康状態 成績が 〉悪い ; 〈数量が 〉低い, 水準以下で ▸ poor performance 業績 [成績 ]不振 ▸ disease caused by poor diet 粗末な食生活が原因の病気 ▸ in poor condition [health ]好ましくない状況 [健康状態 ]で ▸ poor -spirited ｟文 ｠自信のない .3 ｟話 ｠〖名詞 の前で 〗気の毒な , かわいそうな (!この場合 「貧しい 」の意味はない ) ▸ poor old Ken ｟くだけて ｠哀れな健 ▸ Oh, you poor (little ) thing! まあかわいそうに .4 a. 〈人が 〉【技能 学科が 】下手な , 苦手な, 拙 （つたな ）い «at (do ing )» ▸ Steve was poor at all sports .スティーヴはまったくの運動音痴だった .b. 〖名詞 の前で 〗適切にできない 〈人 〉▸ a poor reader 本を読まない人 ▸ a poor sailor すぐ船酔いする人 ▸ a poor loser (負けると怒る )往生際の悪い人 .5 〈物 場所が 〉【物質 資源などに 】欠けて, 不足して «in » ▸ Japan is poor in natural resources .日本には天然資源に乏しい .6 〖複合語で 〗…が不足して ▸ cash- poor 現金不足の .7 〖名詞 の前で 〗亡くなった 〈親族 〉 (!｟コーパス ｠通例one 'sを伴う ) ▸ my poor mother 亡くなった母 a p ò or s é cond →second 1 名詞 .the [a ] p ò or m á n's A ｟話 ｠1 A 〈有名人 〉を悪くしたような人 .2 A 〈物 〉よりはるかに安いもの .～́ b ò x (教会などの )慈善箱 .～́ b ò y ｟主に米南部 ｠ポーボーイサンドイッチ (!poorはpo 'ともつづる ) (!submarine 2 と同じものをさす ) .～́ l à w 〘英史 〙貧民救済法 .～̀ rel á tion ｟英 ｠(同類の中で )劣っている人 [物 ].～̀ wh í te (tr à sh )｟米俗 けなして ｠(特に米南部の )無学で貧乏な白人 (層 ).
poor(-)house
p ó or (-)h ò use 名詞 1 C 救貧院 〘かつて英国に見られた公営の福祉施設; →workhouse 2 〙.2 一文なしの状態 (!通例end [wind ] up in the ～の句で ) .
poorly
poor ly /pʊ́ə r li |pɔ́ː -, pʊə -/→poor 副詞 more ～; most ～1 不十分に ; 悪く ; みすぼらしく , 貧しく ; 惨めに ▸ poorly paid jobs 給料の悪い仕事 ▸ poorly designed 設計がよくない .2 下手に , まずく ; 不成功に ▸ perform [do ] poorly in school 学校の成績が悪い .be p ò orly ó ff 1 貧しい (↔be well off ).2 «…が » 不足している «for » .th ì nk p ó orly of A ｟やや古 ｠Aを軽視する .形容詞 ｟主に英 くだけて ｠〖通例be ～〗具合 [気分 ]が悪い (｟米 ｠sick ).
poorness
p ó or ness 名詞 U 欠乏, 不足, 貧弱 ; 劣等, 粗悪 (!貧乏, 貧困の意味ではpovertyが普通 ) .
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