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

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。
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。
She and her husband would be dispossessed of the house and left destitute.
她和她丈夫将失去这栋房子，落得一无所有。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
He is so destitute that he even longs to eat the food assigned to the pigs.
他是如此贫困，他甚至渴望分配给猪吃的食物。
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。