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
- He is so destitute that he even longs to eat the food assigned to the pigs.
他是如此贫困,他甚至渴望分配给猪吃的食物。 - For example, sometimes I see street people or destitute people and I immediately give them what they need.
比方说,师父有时候看到那些流浪的人或穷困的人,就马上给他们需要的东西,看到就给。 - Some nations have no middle class; one group is rich, while the other is destitute.
有些国家没有中产阶级;一个群体富裕,而另一群体则十分贫穷。 - Another dry summer, he says, would leave him destitute.
他说下一个夏天如果还是干旱的他将穷困潦倒。 - 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。 - Lacking funds, resources, or prospects; destitute.
穷困潦倒的缺乏基金、资源或前途渺茫的;缺乏的。 - Many people were so destitute they lived out of garbage cans.
许多人穷得只能靠捡垃圾里的食物过日子。 - He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
他要垂顾困苦人的祷告,必不藐视他们的祈求。 - After a long delay, the cabled money finally came through to the destitute family.
耽搁很久之后,缙来的钱终于到了那家穷苦人的手上。 - This Phnom Penh-based organisation tracked down 20 other master musicians, many of them destitute.
以金边为基地的这个组织拉拢了20位音乐大师,他们当中很多都穷困潦倒。