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

• 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。
• 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。
• Government and universities need to improve the subsidy system to ensure needy students get an equal chance at education.
  苏文平说：政府及各高校需要不断改进补贴制度，以确保有需求的学生享有平等的受教育的权利。
• 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。
• The plan is to use more than half the savings to provide more federal Pell Grants to needy students.
  该计划将用节约下来的半数以上的资金为贫困学生提供更多的联邦“佩尔奖学金”。
• Anything is welcome to the needy.
  贫穷者对任何东西均表欢迎。
• 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。
• Health care for the needy; a federally and state-funded program.
  为贫困者提供的健康保险；联邦和政府支助的项目。
• 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；
• The Lord hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.
  因为耶和华听了穷乏人，不藐视被囚的人。