penniless
英 [ˈpeniləs]
美 [ˈpeniləs]
adj. 一文不名的; 穷困的
Collins.1 / BNC.18686 / COCA.19734
牛津词典
adj.
- 一文不名的;穷困的
having no money; very poor
柯林斯词典
- ADJ 一文不名的;身无分文的
Someone who ispennilesshas hardly any money at all.- They'd soon be penniless and homeless if she couldn't find suitable work.
她要找不到合适的工作,他们很快就会身无分文,无家可归。 - ...a penniless refugee.
一文不名的难民
- They'd soon be penniless and homeless if she couldn't find suitable work.
英英释义
adj
- not having enough money to pay for necessities
双语例句
- I would like to buy a train ticket to go back, if you are willing to help me I have to buy tickets to the good. I was a penniless.
我想去买回去的火车票回老家去,你要是愿意帮我给我买张车票好吗,我现在是身无分文了。 - Were you aware that he is practically penniless, and admitted to me that he came here because his money had run out?
你知道他实际上已经穷困潦倒了吗?并且他对我承认来这里的原因就是因为把钱花光了。 - He is in reality penniless.
其实他身无分文。 - A well-dressed man, who looked and talked like a millionaire, turned out to penniless.
那个穿着讲究,外表和谈吐都象百万富翁的人却身无分文。 - 'unfair'bank charges left me penniless.
不公平的银行费用把我变得很穷。 - They'd soon be penniless and homeless if she couldn't find suitable work.
她要找不到合适的工作,他们很快就会身无分文,无家可归。 - She could have begged at the church door or entered a home for the penniless and aged.
她本可以在教堂门口行乞,或是近贫民和老年人收容所。 - Food was provided for penniless but hungry travelers at the two or three daily feed-ins.
每天举行两三次施舍,为身无分文的饥饿行人供应食物。 - She fell in love with a penniless artist.
她爱上了一个身无分文的画家。 - Britain's Labor government was penniless, too.
英国的劳动党政府也一文不名。
