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

• His lovable bad-tempered little brother, penniless somewhere in the west.
  他那可爱的脾气暴躁的小兄弟，身无分文，跑到西部去了。
• The banks are all shut so I'm penniless till the morning.
  银行都关门了，所以天亮之前我身无分文。
• The legal dispute left them penniless.
  这场法律纠纷使他们一贫如洗。
• 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。
• He is in reality penniless.
  其实他身无分文。
• In1911 a penniless young man left England for America.
  一九一一年，一个身无分文的青年离开了英国前往美国。
• Apart from the money in the drawer, I am penniless.
  除去抽屉里的钱我是身无分文。
• I shall begin like plenty of energetic men who have gone to the Indies young, without a penny, and have come back rich. Think, I beg of you, always it's penniless people needing help who come.
  我学那些苦干的人的榜样，年轻时身无分文上印度，变富了回来。想一想，我求你了，来的都是些身无分文请求帮助的人。
• 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。
• 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。