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
- His lovable bad-tempered little brother, penniless somewhere in the west.
他那可爱的脾气暴躁的小兄弟，身无分文，跑到西部去了。 - She fell in love with a penniless artist.
她爱上了一个身无分文的画家。 - They failed completely in their purpose, and in less than a year he was penniless.
这些项目全都没有达到目的，不到一年的光景，他便一文不名了。 - He is in reality penniless.
其实他身无分文。 - 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。 - 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。 - Penniless, he begins to write, which is to earn him a living.
他一文不名，开始以写作为生。 - I shall begin like plenty of energetic men who have gone to the Indies young, without a penny, and have come back rich. Think, I beg of you, always it's penniless people needing help who come.
我学那些苦干的人的榜样，年轻时身无分文上印度，变富了回来。想一想，我求你了，来的都是些身无分文请求帮助的人。 - When the vicar's wife went off with a young and penniless man the scandal knew on bounds.
牧师的太太和一个身无分文的小伙子私奔，这件事立即传开了。 - 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。