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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - In that case, everything you have ever worked for is gone forever, and you are now destitute.
在这种情况下，一切你都工作了，已经一去不复返了，你现在一无所有。 - 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。 - My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.
我的儿女孤苦，因为仇敌得了胜。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。