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

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。
People don't like officials who are destitute of ordinary human feelings.
人民不喜欢缺乏普通人情感的官员。
But Mother Teresa toiled a lifetime to bring a ray of sunshine in the lives of the destitute.
而特蕾莎修女辛劳一生，为的是给贫困者带去了一缕阳光。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.
我的儿女孤苦，因为仇敌得了胜。
They denied any intentional wrongdoing, saying they were only trying to help orphans left destitute by the quake.
他们否认有任何不良企图，并说，他们仅仅是想帮助这些地震中的孤儿摆脱贫困。