needy

B2 CET-4 大学 FREQ #10828 ★☆☆☆☆

a. 贫穷的, 贫困的, 生活艰苦的

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US /ˈniːdi/

词形变化

needier 比较级 needier neediest neediest 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

贫困的；贫穷的；生活艰苦的

释义与例句

adj. B2
  1. 1.

    In need; poor.

    Needy people want to give too, but have few material goods to offer.

  2. 2.

    Desiring constant affirmation; lacking self-confidence.

    It's emotionally exhausting to be around her because she's so needy.

  3. 3.

    Needful; necessary.

    古体

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 5

destitute impoverished indigent necessitous poverty-stricken

近义相关 2

poor demanding

相关短语

needy mizzler needy mizzlers

词源

From Middle English nedy, nedi (“necessitous”), from Old English nēdiġ, *nīediġ ("of need, obligated, compelled"; found in the derivative nīediġnes (“obligation”)), from Proto-Germanic *naudigaz (“of need, forced, compelled”), equivalent to need + -y. Cognate with Scots nedy, neidy (“needy, necessitous, impoverished”), Saterland Frisian niedich (“miserable, poor, wretched, needy”), Saterland Frisian nöödich (“necessary, needful”), West Frisian nedich (“needful, needed”), Dutch nodig (“necessary”), Middle Low German nōdich (“necessary, urgent, by requirement”), German nötig (“necessary, needful”), Danish nødig (“necessary”), Swedish nödig (“necessary”), Icelandic nauðugur (“constrained”).

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