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　

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。

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

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

But grow! Increase with the years! Oh-how strange that I should be called a destitute woman!
但是随着成长！岁月流逝！哦，我怎么能被说成是一无所有的女人！
I had liv'd a dreadful life, perfectly destitute of the knowledge and fear of god.
过去，我过着可怕的生活，对上帝完全缺乏认识和敬畏。
Not touched emotionally. She was destitute of human feeling.
在情绪上没有被感动的。她一点也没有人的感情。
After a long delay, the cabled money finally came through to the destitute family.
耽搁很久之后，缙来的钱终于到了那家穷苦人的手上。
Many had lost all in the disaster and were destitute.
很多人被灾难夺去了一切，变得一无所有。
Another dry summer, he says, would leave him destitute.
他说下一个夏天如果还是干旱的他将穷困潦倒。
But we keep thinking that we are only a destitute son or daughter.
但我们一直以为我们只是穷困无助的儿女。
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
他要垂顾困苦人的祷告，必不藐视他们的祈求。
Some nations have no middle class; one group is rich, while the other is destitute.
有些国家没有中产阶级；一个群体富裕，而另一群体则十分贫穷。
My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.
我的儿女孤苦，因为仇敌得了胜。