beggar
n. 乞丐 vt. 使贫穷, 使成乞丐
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教材释义与例句
乞丐；穷人；家伙
使贫穷；使沦为乞丐
释义与例句
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1.
A person who begs.
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2.
A person suffering from extreme poverty.
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A mean or wretched person; a scoundrel.
非正式What does that silly beggar think he's doing?
1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados The beggar seems to have known his business. All fine specimens of the best period.
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A minced oath for bugger.
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the last placer in Tycoon
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1.
To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
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To exhaust the resources of; to outdo or go beyond.
比喻 及物
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From Middle English beggere, beggare, beggar (“beggar”), from Middle English beggen (“to beg”), equivalent to beg + -ar. Alternative etymology derives Middle English beggere, beggare, beggar from Old French begart, originally a member of the Beghards, a lay brotherhood of mendicants in the Low Countries, from Middle Dutch beggaert (“mendicant”), with pejorative suffix (see -ard); the order is said to be named after the priest Lambert le Bègue of Liège (French for “Lambert the Stammerer”).
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