destitute
英['dest?tju?t]
美['d?st?'t?t]
- adj. 窮困的；無的；缺乏的
- n. 赤貧者
- vt. 使窮困；奪去
詞態(tài)變化
名詞:?destitution;
中文詞源
destitute 貧困的
de-, 不，非，使沒有。-stit, 站，詞源同stand, institute.即使無立足之地，引申義貧困。
英文詞源
- destitute
- destitute: see statue
- destitute (adj.)
- late 14c., "abandoned, forsaken," from Latin destitutus "abandoned," past participle of destituere "forsake," from de- "away" + statuere "put, place," causative of stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Originally literal; sense of "lacking resources, impoverished" is 1530s.
雙語例句
- 1. When he died, his family was left completely destitute.
- 他死時家里一貧如洗。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. When Mr. Smith died, his wife and childern were left destitute.
- 史密斯先生死后, 他的妻兒變得一貧如洗.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. When Mr. Smith died, his wife and children were left destitute.
- 史密斯先生死時, 他的妻子和孩子都陷入貧困.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. They were destitute of necessaries of life.
- 他們缺少生活必需品.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Many had lost all in the disaster and were destitute.
- 很多人被災難奪去了一切，變得一無所有。
來自辭典例句