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 Mother Teresa toiled a lifetime to bring a ray of sunshine in the lives of the destitute.
而特蕾莎修女辛劳一生,为的是给贫困者带去了一缕阳光。 - In that case, everything you have ever worked for is gone forever, and you are now destitute.
在这种情况下,一切你都工作了,已经一去不复返了,你现在一无所有。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - But we keep thinking that we are only a destitute son or daughter.
但我们一直以为我们只是穷困无助的儿女。