destitute
destitute 英 [ˈdestɪtju:t] 美 [ˈdestɪtut]
adj. 穷困的；无的；缺乏的 n. 赤贫者 vt. 使穷困；夺去
名词复数:destitutes
- When you think of the word destitute, which means poor or lacking other necessities of life, think of someone who is in desperate straits. A very, very tight budget is poor. Living on the streets is destitute.
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- adj. 穷困的；无的；缺乏的
- n. 赤贫者
- vt. 使穷困；夺去
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1. If so, why don’t we just kill off destitute children around the globe instead of giving donations to Oxfam?
如果能，我们何不停止向施乐会捐赠，而直接将全世界穷困的孩子赶尽杀绝呢？
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2. Even if they don’t smile back, you will feel better because you know the most destitute person in the world is the one without a smile. You immediately become richer by giving that person yours.
即使他没有对你报以微笑，你也会感觉很棒，因为你认识到世界上最贫穷的人就是从不微笑的人，当你对那个人微笑，你立刻变得更加富有。
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3. The Home Office denied any change of policy on section 55, insisting it would not be used to make anybody destitute in the way condemned by the law lords.
内政部否认对第55项条款进行任何政策性修改，坚称不会像上议院高级法官所指责的那样使用该法让任何人衣食无着。
- 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, make or be firm." Originally literal; sense of "lacking resources, impoverished" is 1530s.
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