destitute
英 [ˈdestɪtjuːt]
美 [ˈdestɪtuːt]
adj. 贫困的; 贫穷的; 赤贫的; 穷人; 贫民; 缺乏; 没有; 毫无
复数:destitutes
Collins.1 / BNC.18505 / COCA.16544
牛津词典
adj.
- 贫困的;贫穷的;赤贫的
without money, food and the other things necessary for life- When he died, his family was left completely destitute.
他死时家里一贫如洗。
- When he died, his family was left completely destitute.
- 穷人;贫民
people who are destitute - 缺乏;没有;毫无
lacking sth- They seem destitute of ordinary human feelings.
他们似乎一点人情味都没有。
- They seem destitute of ordinary human feelings.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 赤贫的;贫困的;一无所有的
Someone who isdestitutehas no money or possessions.- ...destitute children who live on the streets.
流落街头的贫困儿童
- ...destitute children who live on the streets.
英英释义
adj
- completely wanting or lacking
- writing barren of insight
- young recruits destitute of experience
- innocent of literary merit
- the sentence was devoid of meaning
- poor enough to need help from others
双语例句
- But grow! Increase with the years! Oh-how strange that I should be called a destitute woman!
但是随着成长!岁月流逝!哦,我怎么能被说成是一无所有的女人! - And we look after the wives and families of some of the wounded who are destitute& yes, worse than destitute.
同时我们照顾伤员家属中那些穷困户&有的还不光是穷困而已。 - The guest-house is intended to supply free food to monks and the destitute.
旅馆是用来向僧侣和贫困者提供免费食物的。 - She was to die, and her daughter would be destitute.
现在她快要死了,她的女儿就会无依无靠。 - Many had lost all in the disaster and were destitute.
很多人被灾难夺去了一切,变得一无所有。 - Israel, fighting for its survival, flooded by destitute immigrants, looked precarious to them.
当时的以色列为了生存而身陷战火,国内充斥着大量穷困潦倒的移民,在美国犹太人的眼里岌岌可危。 - She and her husband would be dispossessed of the house and left destitute.
她和她丈夫将失去这栋房子,落得一无所有。 - This state of society, however, is not destitute of a mercantile class;
然而,这种社会状况并不妨碍商人阶级的出现。 - Napoleon, who certainly was not destitute of vanity, preferred power when he had to choose.
对于拿破仑来说,他当然不是没有虚荣心,只是当他必须做出抉择时,他更向往权力。 - I had liv'd a dreadful life, perfectly destitute of the knowledge and fear of god.
过去,我过着可怕的生活,对上帝完全缺乏认识和敬畏。