beggary
n. 赤贫; 乞食的习惯; 卑鄙; 卑劣
1. a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
2. a state of extreme poverty or destitution;
From this it was but a step to beggary.
这只差一步就沦为乞丐了.
There's beggary in the love that can be reckoned.
可以量深浅的爱是贫乏的.
In those years the landless peasants were brought to beggary.
在那些年月里无地的农民一贫如洗.
Idleness is key of beggary and the root of all evil.
懒惰是赤贫之道,也是万恶之源.
Gentility without ability is worse than plain beggary.
死要面子活受罪.