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.
  1. 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。
  2. ...a penniless refugee.
     一文不名的难民

英英释义

adj

• not having enough money to pay for necessities
  Synonym:hard upimpecuniousin straitened circumstances(p)penuriouspinched

双语例句

• The banks are all shut so I'm penniless till the morning.
  银行都关门了，所以天亮之前我身无分文。
• Apart from the money in the drawer, I am penniless.
  除去抽屉里的钱我是身无分文。
• 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。
• 'unfair'bank charges left me penniless.
  不公平的银行费用把我变得很穷。
• The legal dispute left them penniless.
  这场法律纠纷使他们一贫如洗。
• 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。
• 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。
• In1911 a penniless young man left England for America.
  一九一一年，一个身无分文的青年离开了英国前往美国。
• 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。
• 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。