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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The billions of people there will become destitute and we will come to their aide.
那里的数十亿人将成为一贫如洗,我们要帮助他们。 - They denied any intentional wrongdoing, saying they were only trying to help orphans left destitute by the quake.
他们否认有任何不良企图,并说,他们仅仅是想帮助这些地震中的孤儿摆脱贫困。 - My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.
我的儿女孤苦,因为仇敌得了胜。 - 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。 - 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。