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　

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牛津词典

adj.

• 贫困的；贫穷的；赤贫的
  without money, food and the other things necessary for life
  1. When he died, his family was left completely destitute.
     他死时家里一贫如洗。
• 穷人；贫民
  people who are destitute
• 缺乏；没有；毫无
  lacking sth
  1. They seem destitute of ordinary human feelings.
     他们似乎一点人情味都没有。

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.
  1. ...destitute children who live on the streets.
     流落街头的贫困儿童

英英释义

adj

• completely wanting or lacking
  1. writing barren of insight
  2. young recruits destitute of experience
  3. innocent of literary merit
  4. the sentence was devoid of meaning
  Synonym:barrendevoidfreeinnocent
• poor enough to need help from others
  Synonym:impoverishedindigentnecessitousneedypoverty-stricken

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Not touched emotionally. She was destitute of human feeling.
  在情绪上没有被感动的。她一点也没有人的感情。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。