Luxury and penury have always coexisted there in uneasy tension.

奢华和贫困两种现象一直以来都并存于这个城市，关系也令人安。

Had he stopped there, he would have faced a life on the edge of penury.

如果他就停在那里，他将会面临一生的穷困潦倒。

Ashamed that she was poor and reduced to galling shifts and penury and work that negroes should do.

她因为穷了，沦落到了择手段，吝啬和干黑人干的活儿，所以觉得耻辱呀！

By supplementing public coverage with private policies, the government hopes that people may just manage to escape penury in their old age.

通过私人保险和公共计划叠加的方法，中希望人们到年老后可以脱贫。

Remembering the bitter hungry days at Tara and her more recent penury, Scarlett felt that she could never eat enough of these rich dishes.

思嘉想到过去在塔拉挨饿的苦日子，又想到久前拮据的生活，吃起这些丰盛的菜肴来，觉得老也吃够。

The government doesn't want to help all its citizens get out of penury, help them live a dignified life, dignified, because the salaries, salaries must be salaries.

并想帮助所有民众摆脱贫困，或是帮他们过上有尊严的生活，人们的薪资必须是实实在在的薪资。