poor是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 贫困的； 可怜的； 贫乏的； 贫瘠的； 低劣的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- We came into this creek in the evening, resolv-ing to swim on shore as soon as it was dark, and discover the country; but as soon as it was quite dark, we heard such dreadful noises of the barking, roaring, and howling of wild creatures, of we knew not what kinds, that the poor boy was ready to die with fear, and begged of me not to go on shore till day.
-- Xury said it was a lion, and it might be so for aught I know; but poor Xury cried to me to weigh the anchor and row away; 'No,' says I, 'Xury; we can slip our cable, with the buoy to it, and go off to sea; they cannot follow us far.'
-- I thought he was pursued by some savage, or frighted with some wild beast, and I ran forward towards him to help him; but when I came nearer to him I saw something hang-ing over his shoulders, which was a creature that he had shot, like a hare, but different in colour, and longer legs; however, we were very glad of it, and it was very good meat; but the great joy that poor Xury came with, was to tell me he had found good water and seen no wild mans.
-- It is impossible to express the astonishment of these poor creatures at the noise and fire of my gun: some of them were even ready to die for fear, and fell down as dead with the very terror; but when they saw the creature dead, and sunk in the water, and that I made signs to them to come to the shore, they took heart and came, and began to search for the creature.
-- He offered me also sixty pieces of eight more for my boy Xury, which I was loth to take; not that I was unwilling to let the captain have him, but I was very loth to sell the poor boy's liber-ty, who had assisted me so faithfully in procuring my own.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was very well known that no affection was ever supposed to exist between the children of any man by different marriages; and why was he to ruin himself, and their poor little Harry, by giving away all his money to his half sisters?
-- If, indeed, it could be restored to our poor little boy ""Why, to be sure," said her husband, very gravely, "that would make great difference.
-- In comparison of Norland, it was poor and small indeed! but the tears which recollection called forth as they entered the house were soon dried away.
-- You will be setting your cap at him now, and never think of poor Brandon."
-- Poor Brandon!he is quite smitten already, and he is very well worth setting your cap at, I can tell you, in spite of all this tumbling about and spraining of ankles."
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She began to gather up her poor little grip and closed her hand firmly upon her purse.
-- She was a work-seeker, an outcast without employment, one whom the average employee could tell at a glance was poor and in need of a situation.
-- The poor girl thrilled as she walked away from Drouet.
-- He would not have given the same amount to a poor young man, but we must not forget that a poor young man could not, in the nature of things, have appealed to him like a poor young girl.
-- Her poor clothes were neat, and she held her head unconsciously in a dainty way.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The widow she cried over me, and called me a poor lost lamb, and she called me a lot of other names, too, but she never meant no harm by it.
-- I judged I could see that there was two Providences, and a poor chap would stand considerable show with the widow's Providence, but if Miss Wat- son's got him there warn't no help for him any more.
-- Oh, let a poor devil alone!'
-- Well, the woman fell to talking about how hard times was, and how poor they had to live, and how the rats was as free as if they owned the place, and so forth and so on, and then I got easy again.
-- But I says: 'Please to don't poke fun at a poor girl like me, mum.
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The poor fellow was scared half to death, so he tried to sing a gay song in order to gain courage.
-- This time poor Mastro Cherry fell as if shot.
-- But as he was about to give it to his friend, with a violent jerk it slipped out of his hands and hit against poor Geppetto's thin legs.
-- Poor Geppetto kept cutting it and cutting it, but the more he cut, the longer grew that impertinent nose.
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