penniless

[美]/'penɪlɪs/
[英]/ˈpɛnilɪs/
词频: 极高

释义

adj. 一文不名的;贫穷的

例句

The legal dispute left them penniless.

这场法律纠纷使他们一贫如洗。

He found himself penniless in a strange city.

他发现自己在一个陌生的城市而且身无分文。

He died penniless in Paris.

他死在巴黎, 一文不名。

why should she choose to wander the world with a penniless gypsy like me?.

她为什么要选择和我这么一个一文不名的流浪者一起游荡世界呢?。

Jobless and penniless, he had to sleep rough in the fields for several months.

他既无工作又无钱, 只好在野外露宿数月。

" He was an old emigre gentleman, blind and penniless, who was playing his flute in his attic, in order to pass the time.

那是一个年老的流亡贵族,又瞎又穷,待在他那间顶楼上,吹着笛子来解解闷的。

In the novels of the period the dilemma was felicitously solved by the discovery, on the last page, that the apparently penniless heroine was really a great heiress .

在当时的小说里,这一难题常常由最后一页的重大发现得以圆满地解决:原先一文不名的女主人摇身一变,成了巨额财富的继承人。

He lived well, helping the poor, and all other people; he died penniless and unknown.

他生前讲道德, 总是帮助穷人以及所有的人; 后来却一文不名, 默默无闻地死了。

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