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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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

• 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。
• After a long delay, the cabled money finally came through to the destitute family.
  耽搁很久之后，缙来的钱终于到了那家穷苦人的手上。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many had lost all in the disaster and were destitute.
  很多人被灾难夺去了一切，变得一无所有。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。