indigent
英 [ˈɪndɪdʒənt]
美 [ˈɪndɪdʒənt]
adj. 十分贫穷的
复数：indigents
BNC.36066 / COCA.15961
牛津词典
adj.
- 十分贫穷的
very poor
柯林斯词典
- 贫穷的;贫困的
Someone who isindigentis very poor.
英英释义
adj
- poor enough to need help from others
双语例句
- The town government is responsible for assistance to indigent people.
镇政府负责给穷人提供帮助。 - The major factors of the constrained theory controlling the masses are the followings: the expressions of theoretical research and public education are obscure and indigent;
制约理论掌握群众的主要因素是：理论研究和宣传教育的语言表达流于晦涩和贫乏； - A contrast to China, the antimonopoly law just likes a new born baby, the definition of relevant market are more indigent on theory, deficient on legislation and lacking on practice.
对比我国，反垄断法如一新出生婴儿，而相关市场的界定更是理论贫乏、立法不足、实践空白。 - As his factory was a centre, a new quarter, in which there were a good many indigent families, rose rapidly around him; he established there a free dispensary.
他的工厂成了一个中心，在厂址附近原有许多一贫如洗的人家，到后来，在那一带却出现了一个崭新的区域。他在那里开设了一所免费药房。 - With no religious tradition of charity, Japan has few soup kitchens or other places for the indigent.
日本没有宗教行善的传统，因此施粥站或其他收容贫无立锥之地者的地方少之又少。 - Among them: How could the states afford to supply lawyers to all indigent defendants?
其中包括：各州如何承担为所有贫穷被告提供律师的费用？ - All right. you'll have to declare yourself indigent.
那好，你必须申请破产。 - And he argues that indigent citizens, who are unable to provide for themselves, should not be forced to rely simply upon the private charity of individuals but should be maintained at public expense.
对于那些因贫困而无法养活自己的人，他却认为不能让他们，完全依靠私人的慈善救济过活，而应当用国家公共支出，建立相应的保障来维持他们的生活。 - A responsible government would implement judicious austerity, firing the party hacks who were hired in the go-go years, cutting wages and pensions and restructuring itself to collect taxes and provide useful services, even while retaining transfers to the indigent and elderly.
一个负责任的政府会实施明智的紧缩措施，开除歌舞升平时期上台的政客，削减工资和养老金，调整自身，征收税收并提供有用的服务，同时保持向穷人和老人进行转移支付。 - The living conditions of that indigent family can be best described as "filthy"-a stuffy squalid house and dilapidated-looking furniture.
那贫贱家庭的生活环境以「乱」形容也不为过&子通风不良又污秽、俱外表残破。