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　

GRETEM8

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
  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

• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.
  我的儿女孤苦，因为仇敌得了胜。
• Israel, fighting for its survival, flooded by destitute immigrants, looked precarious to them.
  当时的以色列为了生存而身陷战火，国内充斥着大量穷困潦倒的移民，在美国犹太人的眼里岌岌可危。
• 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。
• Many cities have slum areas or ghettoes, where people live in dangers or destitute conditions.
  许多城市都存在贫民区或贫民窟，在这里人们在危险与贫困中煎熬。
• 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。
• 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。