destitute

英 [ˈdestɪtjuːt]

美 [ˈdestɪtuːt]

adj. 贫困的; 贫穷的; 赤贫的; 穷人; 贫民; 缺乏; 没有; 毫无

复数：destitutes　

Collins.1 / BNC.18505 / COCA.16544

牛津词典

adj.

贫困的；贫穷的；赤贫的
without money, food and the other things necessary for life
1. When he died, his family was left completely destitute.
  他死时家里一贫如洗。
穷人；贫民
people who are destitute
缺乏；没有；毫无
lacking sth
1. They seem destitute of ordinary human feelings.
  他们似乎一点人情味都没有。

ADJ-GRADED 赤贫的;贫困的;一无所有的
Someone who isdestitutehas no money or possessions.
1. ...destitute children who live on the streets.
  流落街头的贫困儿童

adj

completely wanting or lacking
1. writing barren of insight
2. young recruits destitute of experience
3. innocent of literary merit
4. the sentence was devoid of meaning
Synonym:barrendevoidfreeinnocent
poor enough to need help from others
Synonym:impoverishedindigentnecessitousneedypoverty-stricken

This Phnom Penh-based organisation tracked down 20 other master musicians, many of them destitute.
以金边为基地的这个组织拉拢了20位音乐大师，他们当中很多都穷困潦倒。
Another dry summer, he says, would leave him destitute.
他说下一个夏天如果还是干旱的他将穷困潦倒。
Many cities have slum areas or ghettoes, where people live in dangers or destitute conditions.
许多城市都存在贫民区或贫民窟，在这里人们在危险与贫困中煎熬。
The guest-house is intended to supply free food to monks and the destitute.
旅馆是用来向僧侣和贫困者提供免费食物的。
She was to die, and her daughter would be destitute.
现在她快要死了，她的女儿就会无依无靠。
In that case, everything you have ever worked for is gone forever, and you are now destitute.
在这种情况下，一切你都工作了，已经一去不复返了，你现在一无所有。
Not touched emotionally. She was destitute of human feeling.
在情绪上没有被感动的。她一点也没有人的感情。
The billions of people there will become destitute and we will come to their aide.
那里的数十亿人将成为一贫如洗，我们要帮助他们。
People don't like officials who are destitute of ordinary human feelings.
人民不喜欢缺乏普通人情感的官员。
Many people were so destitute they lived out of garbage cans.
许多人穷得只能靠捡垃圾里的食物过日子。