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　

GRE TEM8

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

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。
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。
I had liv'd a dreadful life, perfectly destitute of the knowledge and fear of god.
过去，我过着可怕的生活，对上帝完全缺乏认识和敬畏。
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。
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。
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。
She was to die, and her daughter would be destitute.
现在她快要死了，她的女儿就会无依无靠。
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。
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。
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。