Poor is probably one of the most memorable words in the early days of learning English. But everyone seems to remember only its "poor" side, but ignore its other meanings.
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In collinsian dictionaries, poor has several meanings:
1. Used to indicate human poverty:
someone who is poor has very little money and few possessions.
People in that village is very poor.
2. It is used to indicate the poverty of countries, regions, etc
After the war, many countries became poorer. After the war, many countries became poorer.
3. Pathetic and unfortunate: the word "poor" is used to express sympathy for someone.
This is what we often mean by "poor guy" in colloquialisms.
4、形容某件事物劣质的，糟糕的：if you describe something as poor, you mean it is of a low quality or standard or that it’s in a bad condition.
The computer is in a poor quality. This computer is of inferior quality.
5, describe the number or ratio, etc., undesirable, unreasonable:
Why do you work there with such poor wages? Why do you still have to work there for such a low salary?
6. Describe people, unskilled, crappy: someone is not very skillful in a particular activity.
Tom is a poor actor. Tom is a crappy actor.
7、形容物资等，贫乏的：if something is poor in a particular quality or substance, it contains very little of the quality or substance.
You think that's the end of it? No, no, no, let's go on and read on
House poor
This is not to describe the poor house, but to describe a certain type of people, you may wish to guess.
Here, poor is no longer an adjective, but a noun, to collectively call "poor", so "house poor" can be understood as "poor people with houses", although there are houses, but still poor, this is not to say contemporary "house slaves"!
Poor taste
Here, taste does not mean "taste", but "taste". "Poor taste" describes certain people who lack taste, meaning "vulgar".
Jack’s joke is always in poor taste. Jack's jokes were always vulgar.
Earlier mentioned "house slave", here Xiao Ya and everyone to expand a new word of English, that is, "poor travel".
One of the most popular ways of travel for young people nowadays, budget travel is not the choice of the "poor", but spends the least amount of money and enjoys the most beautiful scenery in the most economical way. Therefore, "budget travel" should focus on economic calculation, and here is a most suitable word - budget.
On a budget, which means "save money", if you are really on a tight budget, you can add a "tight" before the budget:
We plan to travel on a budget next month. We plan to go on a budget trip next month.
How, after Xiaoya's sharing today, have you mastered "poor"?
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