He was talking about the embarrassment penury-and advocating higher salaries for MPs.
这席话意指当时议员们经济窘迫,并提倡提高议员待遇.
来源:互联网摘选A succession of bad harvest had reduced the small farmer to penury.
连续歉收使得这个小农场主陷入了贫困境地.
来源:《简明英汉词典》In all labour there is profit : but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
23诸般勤劳,都有益处.嘴上多言,乃致穷乏.
来源:互联网摘选Mr Thomas was born in penury and grew up with bare feet and intestinal worms.
托马斯出身微寒,伴着光脚丫儿、肚里住着蛔虫的日子长大.
来源:互联网摘选First of all, raising the price only can limited many persons living in penury.
首先, 提高价格只能限制许多生活穷苦的人.
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