penniless

英 [ˈpeniləs]

美 [ˈpeniləs]

adj.  一文不名的; 穷困的

Collins.1 / BNC.18686 / COCA.19734

牛津词典

adj.

• 一文不名的；穷困的
  having no money; very poor

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 一文不名的；身无分文的
  Someone who ispennilesshas hardly any money at all.
  1. They'd soon be penniless and homeless if she couldn't find suitable work.
     她要找不到合适的工作，他们很快就会身无分文，无家可归。
  2. ...a penniless refugee.
     一文不名的难民

英英释义

adj

• not having enough money to pay for necessities
  Synonym:hard upimpecuniousin straitened circumstances(p)penuriouspinched

双语例句

• His plan came to grief, and he was left penniless.
  他的计划失败了，结果他也落得一贫如洗。
• 'unfair'bank charges left me penniless.
  不公平的银行费用把我变得很穷。
• Britain's Labor government was penniless, too.
  英国的劳动党政府也一文不名。
• I would like to buy a train ticket to go back, if you are willing to help me I have to buy tickets to the good. I was a penniless.
  我想去买回去的火车票回老家去，你要是愿意帮我给我买张车票好吗，我现在是身无分文了。
• Were you aware that he is practically penniless, and admitted to me that he came here because his money had run out?
  你知道他实际上已经穷困潦倒了吗？并且他对我承认来这里的原因就是因为把钱花光了。
• The Eighth People's Hospital of Guangzhou, the penniless in a prescribed body.
  广州市第八人民医院内，于得明身上不名一文。
• Alone and penniless, she told him ( Philip) that other man had not married her.
  她孤苦伶仃，并且身无分文。她告诉他（菲利普），那个男人没有和她结婚。
• Anyhow I was penniless when I came here six months ago.
  六个月之前，我来的时候身无分文。
• His lovable bad-tempered little brother, penniless somewhere in the west.
  他那可爱的脾气暴躁的小兄弟，身无分文，跑到西部去了。
• She could have begged at the church door or entered a home for the penniless and aged.
  她本可以在教堂门口行乞，或是近贫民和老年人收容所。