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beggar

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英 [ˈbegə(r)]
美 [ˈbɛɡɚ]
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  • n.

    乞丐;家伙;

  • vt.

    使贫困;使无用;

  • 变形

    复数:beggars过去式:beggared现在分词:beggaring第三人称单数:beggars

    双语释义

    n.(名词)
    1. [C]乞丐 a person who lives by begging

    英英释义

    beggar[ 'beɡə ]

    • n.a pauper who lives by begging

      同义词:mendicant

    • v.
      • be beyond the resources of

        "This beggars description!"

      • reduce to beggary

        同义词:pauperizepauperise

    学习怎么用

    双语例句

    用作名词(n.)
    1. The beggar shivered in his scanty clothes.
      乞丐穿着单薄,冻得发抖。
    2. The beggar spun a long yarn about his misfortunes.
      那个乞丐编造了一大篇自己如何遭遇不幸的故事。
    3. The beggar dressed in rags.
      这个穷人衣衫褴褛。
    4. The beggar fell down in a swoon from sheer hunger.
      那个穷人饿得晕倒了。
    5. He's a cheerful little beggar, your son!
      你的儿子可是个活泼愉快的小家伙!
    用作及物动词(vt.)
    1. Your reckless spending will beggar your father.
      你无度的挥霍将使你父亲穷困潦倒。
    2. They were beggared by trying to pay for their son's education.
      为付儿子的教育费用,他们变穷了。
    3. The canyon was so beautiful as to beggar description.
      峡谷美丽无比,非言语所能形容。
    4. Her beauty beggars description.
      她的美貌难以形容。

    权威例句

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    Beggar Your Neighbours: Apartheid Power in Southern Africa. by Joseph Hanlon
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    How to Turn a Beggar into a Bus Stop: Law, Traffic and the 'Function of the Place'
    Multiple-Body Trajectory Calculations Using the Beggar Code
    Fat King Lean Beggar: Representations of Poverty in the Age of Shakespeare. by William C. Carroll
    Confronting Asset Bubbles, Too Big to Fail, and Beggar-thy-Neighbor Exchange Rate Policies
    Overcoming random diffusion in polarized cells--corralling the drunken beggar.
    United States Export Subsidies in Wheat: Strategic Trade Policy or Expensive Beggar-Thy-Neighbor Tactic?