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 legal dispute left them penniless.
  这场法律纠纷使他们一贫如洗。
• 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。
• If Miss drew gave me notice I'd be penniless.
  如果德鲁小姐通知我离职，我就要身无分文了。
• Apart from the money in the drawer, I am penniless.
  除去抽屉里的钱我是身无分文。
• Penniless, he begins to write, which is to earn him a living.
  他一文不名，开始以写作为生。
• Alone and penniless, she told him ( Philip) that other man had not married her.
  她孤苦伶仃，并且身无分文。她告诉他（菲利普），那个男人没有和她结婚。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This ruined him and he became penniless.
  这件事彻底毁了他，他已身无分文。