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
- 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。 - Some nations have no middle class; one group is rich, while the other is destitute.
有些国家没有中产阶级；一个群体富裕，而另一群体则十分贫穷。 - 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。 - People don't like officials who are destitute of ordinary human feelings.
人民不喜欢缺乏普通人情感的官员。 - But Mother Teresa toiled a lifetime to bring a ray of sunshine in the lives of the destitute.
而特蕾莎修女辛劳一生，为的是给贫困者带去了一缕阳光。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。