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penniless是什么意思

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penniless 是什么意思

音标:[ 'penilis ]  

中文翻译与英英解释

adj.
身无分文的;穷的。
not having enough money to pay for necessities
同义词:hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penurious, pinched,

例句与用法

1.The penniless man had to bum a ride home .
那个身无分文的人只好乞求搭车回家。

2.One of them was a penniless young art student .
他们中间的一个人是位身无分文的年轻美术学生。

3.In 1911, a penniless young music-hall artist left england for america .
1911年,一个身无分文,年轻的杂耍剧场艺人离开英国前往美国。

4.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。

5.Word reached the ex-banker-butcher that an unpaid depositor was seriously ill and his wife and children were penniless .
这位开过银行的屠夫听说,有位债主存户身染重病,妻室一贫如洗。

6.He was more or less penniless except for the handsome salary he drew as private pilot to his highness prince ali yusuf .
他除了担任阿里优素福亲王殿下的私人飞机驾驶员所得的丰厚薪水,他几乎是不值一文。

7.She was an extraordinarily beautiful girl, margaret devereux, and made all the men frantic by running away with a penniless young fellow .
她是个极美的姑娘,玛格丽特德弗日,当时曾使舆论哗然,因为她跟一个不名一文的年轻人私奔了。

8.She had been the lovely regina dallas, a penniless beauty introduced to new york society by her cousin, the imprudent medora manson .
她从前叫丽贾娜达拉斯。虽然一文不名,却是个美人儿,经她的表姐,轻佻的梅朵拉曼森的介绍,进入了纽约的社交界。

9.Apart from the money in the drawer , i am penniless
除去抽屉里的钱我是身无分文。

10.Paying his son ' s debts left him almost penniless
给他的儿子还债,使他几乎身无分文。

 
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