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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Penniless, he begins to write, which is to earn him a living.
  他一文不名，开始以写作为生。
• 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。
• Britain's Labor government was penniless, too.
  英国的劳动党政府也一文不名。
• Sounds like that's from the "penniless losers" handbook.
  听起来像“穷困的失败者”手册。
• The legal dispute left them penniless.
  这场法律纠纷使他们一贫如洗。
• The Eighth People's Hospital of Guangzhou, the penniless in a prescribed body.
  广州市第八人民医院内，于得明身上不名一文。
• Turn down a billionaire, but would still be with you even if you're penniless.
  拒绝过亿万富翁的求婚，但即使你一无所有还是会陪在你身边。