needy

英 [ˈniːdi]

美 [ˈniːdi]

adj.  缺乏生活必需品的; 贫困的; 穷困的人; 缺乏自信的; 需要精神支持的

最高级：neediest　

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牛津词典

adj.

• 缺乏生活必需品的；贫困的
  not having enough money, food, clothes, etc.
• 穷困的人
  people who do not have enough money, food, etc.
• 缺乏自信的；需要精神支持的
  not confident, and needing a lot of love and emotional support from other people

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 贫苦的;穷困的
  Needypeople do not have enough food, medicine, or clothing, or adequate houses.
  1. ...a multinational force aimed at ensuring that food and medicine get to needy Somalis.
     旨在确保将食物和药品送至贫困的索马里民众手中的多国部队
  2. The needyare people who are needy.
     贫困者;穷人
  3. There will be efforts to get larger amounts of food to the needy.
     将努力为贫困者筹措更多的食品。

英英释义

noun

• needy people collectively
  1. they try to help the needy

adj

• demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree
• poor enough to need help from others
  Synonym:destituteimpoverishedindigentnecessitouspoverty-stricken

双语例句

• Let's form an association to help the needy children.
  我们成立一个协会帮助贫困儿童吧！
• They sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals.
  因他们为银子卖了义人，为一双鞋卖了穷人。
• Fundraisers play a very important role for the society because they can get money to help needy people.
  筹款活动为社会扮演了很重要的角色，因为它们能获得金钱去协助需要的人。
• This money should be spent more wisely on helping needy people.
  这笔钱应该更明智地花在帮助那些需要帮助的人身上。
• The aged and needy postmaster, who had seen better days;
  有上了年纪的贫苦的邮政局局长，他曾经是过过好日子的；
• Governments at the grassroots levels also operate community services for the poor and needy.
  基层政府通过兴办社区服务业，为贫困对象提供照顾和服务。
• Although he was poor, he was quite generous to his needy friends.
  他虽穷，但对贫苦的朋友很慷慨。
• Yet I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me.
  但我是困苦穷乏的，主仍顾念我。
• Charity groups and religious organizations will also be busy this Thursday, serving Thanksgiving meals to the needy.
  这个周四也是慈善机构和宗教组织忙碌的日子，他们要为有需要者提供感恩节的食物。
• We continue to retrain workers to become more employable, and to support needy families through many assistance programmes.
  我们也继续重新培训员工，以提高他们的受雇能力。我们还实施了多项援助贫困家庭的措施。