needy

英 [ˈniːdi]

美 [ˈniːdi]

adj.  缺乏生活必需品的; 贫困的; 穷困的人; 缺乏自信的; 需要精神支持的

最高级：neediest　

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牛津词典

adj.

• 缺乏生活必需品的；贫困的
  not having enough money, food, clothes, etc.
• 穷困的人
  people who do not have enough money, food, etc.
• 缺乏自信的；需要精神支持的
  not confident, and needing a lot of love and emotional support from other people

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 贫苦的;穷困的
  Needypeople do not have enough food, medicine, or clothing, or adequate houses.
  1. ...a multinational force aimed at ensuring that food and medicine get to needy Somalis.
     旨在确保将食物和药品送至贫困的索马里民众手中的多国部队
  2. The needyare people who are needy.
     贫困者;穷人
  3. There will be efforts to get larger amounts of food to the needy.
     将努力为贫困者筹措更多的食品。

英英释义

noun

• needy people collectively
  1. they try to help the needy

adj

• demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree
• poor enough to need help from others
  Synonym:destituteimpoverishedindigentnecessitouspoverty-stricken

双语例句

• Anything is welcome to the needy.
  贫穷者对任何东西均表欢迎。
• Let's form an association to help the needy children.
  我们成立一个协会帮助贫困儿童吧！
• Needy families can get national subsidies via food stamps.
  困难家庭可以凭食品券得到国家的补助。
• No soldiers, no government NGO members on the street to help needy people.
  没有士兵，没有政府，也没有非政府组织在大街上帮助需要的人。
• We continue to retrain workers to become more employable, and to support needy families through many assistance programmes.
  我们也继续重新培训员工，以提高他们的受雇能力。我们还实施了多项援助贫困家庭的措施。
• He saw that we were needy.
  他看到了我们生活的艰辛。
• A trip to a needy country to spread supplies, love, and faith.
  一场爱和信念的邻国的旅行。
• So how to focus limited resources to benefit only needy communities?
  那么，怎样才能集中有限的资源让它只惠及最贫困的社区？
• They sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals.
  因他们为银子卖了义人，为一双鞋卖了穷人。
• Hiring managers want to know why, of all the needy, worthy candidates, they should hire you.
  招聘经理想知道原因，在所有需求的、有价值的候选人中，他们应该雇用你。