poor

poor
poor [pʊər]
1. adjective
   a. ( = not rich) pauvre
• he was £1,000 the poorer il avait perdu 1 000 livres
• soil that is poor in zinc ( = lacking) un sol pauvre en zinc
   b. ( = inferior) [sales, pay, harvest, output] maigre before n ; [work, worker, result, performance] piètre before n ; [light] faible ; [eyesight, visibility] mauvais ; [soil] pauvre ; [quality] médiocre
• clients who have had poor service les clients qui ont eu à se plaindre de l'insuffisance du service
• he had a very poor attendance record il avait souvent été absent
• to be in poor health ne pas être en bonne santé
• people with poor circulation les gens qui ont une mauvaise circulation
• he showed a poor grasp of the facts il a manifesté un manque de compréhension des faits
• a poor substitute (for sth) un piètre substitut (de qch)
   c. ( = pitiable) pauvre
• poor little thing! pauvre petit(e) !
• she's all alone, poor woman elle est toute seule, la pauvre
• poor things, they look cold (inf) les pauvres, ils ont l'air d'avoir froid
2. plural noun
the poor les pauvres mpl
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[pɔː(r)], US [pʊər]
adjective
1) (not wealthy) [person, country] pauvre (never before n) (in en)

to become ou get poorer — s'appauvrir

2) (inferior) gen mauvais; [school, work] faible; [soil] pauvre; [appetite] petit; [chance, attendance] faible

to be poor at — [person] être faible en [maths, French]

I'm a poor traveller — je supporte mal les voyages

3) (deserving pity) pauvre

poor you! — pauvre de toi!

4) (sorry, pathetic) [attempt, creature] pauvre; [excuse] piètre (before n)
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as poor as a church mouse — pauvre comme Job


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