destitute

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a. 穷困的, 缺乏的

发音

UK /ˈdɛstɪtʃuːt/
US /ˈdɛstɪtuːt/

词形变化

destituted destitutes 三单 destitutes destituting destituting 现在分词 destituted 过去式 destituted 过去分词 more destitute 比较级 most destitute 最高级

教材释义与例句

动词

使穷困；夺去

形容词

穷困的；无的；缺乏的

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To impoverish; to strip of wealth, resources, etc.

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Lacking something; devoid.

  2. 2.

    Lacking money, poor, impoverished; especially, extremely so.

    Near-synonym: penniless

    May 24, 2018, Alex Vadukul in The New York Times, The Forgotten Entertainer Rag

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 9

free innocent needy barren devoid impoverished indigent necessitous poverty-stricken

近义相关 2

poor nonexistent

词源

From Middle English destituten, from the adjective (see above).

来源：wiktionary