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

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。
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。
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。
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。
For example, sometimes I see street people or destitute people and I immediately give them what they need.
比方说，师父有时候看到那些流浪的人或穷困的人，就马上给他们需要的东西，看到就给。
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。
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。
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。
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。