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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - You who are the richest person on Earth and behave like a destitute son.
你是世界上最富有的人，却像个穷苦的孩子。 - 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。 - 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！ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。