beggar

英 [ˈbeɡə(r)]

美 [ˈbeɡər]

n.  乞丐; 叫花子; (与形容词连用)家伙
v.  使贫穷; 使匮乏

复数：beggars　第三人称单数：beggars　现在分词：beggaring　过去式：beggared　过去分词：beggared　

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习惯用语

n.

beggars can't be choosers
• 要饭就不能嫌馊；给什么就得要什么
  people say beggars can't be choosers when there is no choice and sb must be satisfied with what is available
if wishes were horses, beggars would/might ride
• 想有不见得就有；愿望不等于事实
  wishing for sth does not make it happen

v.

beggar belief/description
• 难以相信；无法形容
  to be too extreme, shocking, etc. to believe/describe
• It beggars belief how things could have got this bad.
  真是难以置信，情况怎么会恶化到这种地步。

牛津词典

noun

• 乞丐；叫花子
  a person who lives by asking people for money or food
• （与形容词连用）家伙
  used with an adjective to describe sb in a particular way
  1. Aren't you dressed yet, you lazy beggar?
     你这个懒汉还没穿好衣服吗？

verb

• 使贫穷；使匮乏
  to make sb/sth very poor
  1. Why should I beggar myself for you?
     我为什么要为你受穷？

柯林斯词典

• 乞丐；叫花子
  Abeggaris someone who lives by asking people for money or food.
• VERB 使极度贫穷；使一贫如洗
  If somethingbeggarsa person, country, or organization, it makes them very poor.
  1. He warned that lifting copyright restrictions could beggar the industry.
     他警告说解除版权限制会使这个行业一贫如洗。
• PHRASE 无法，难以（相信、描述、形容等）
  If somethingbeggars belief, it is impossible to believe it. If somethingbeggars description, it is impossible to describe it.
  1. The statistics beggar belief...
     统计数据让人难以置信。
  2. His courage beggars description.
     他的胆量无法用语言来形容。

英英释义

noun

• a pauper who lives by begging
  Synonym:mendicant

verb

• reduce to beggary
  Synonym:pauperizepauperise
• be beyond the resources of
  1. This beggars description!

双语例句

• Out of sympathy with the beggar, I gave him one yuan.
  出于对乞丐的同情，我给了他一元钱。
• I'm the beggar, moses, begging you to hold me in your arms.
  我才是乞丐求你把我抱在怀内。
• But he gave it to the beggar once more.
  但是他又把金子给了那个乞丐。
• This degraded him into a beggar.
  这使他沦为乞丐。
• And, with that, the judge gave the purse and all the gold to the beggar.
  法官说完之后，就把钱包和所有的金币都判给了乞丐。
• The dying man looked at the beggar, smiled weakly and left us forever*.
  奄奄一息的歌手看了看乞丐，虚弱地笑了笑，永远地离开了我们。
• Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.
  做乞丐和单身汉好过女皇和已婚的人。
• I gave the beggar some money out of pity.
  出于同情，我给了乞丐一点钱。
• I gave the beggar a handful of rice.
  我给了乞丐一把米。
• One day he met a beggar, so he gave his last few coins to him.
  一天，他遇到了一个乞丐，于是他掏出他最后的几枚硬币给了他。